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Automate Windows Guest Provisioning Under Oracle VM (Doc ID 2018013.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 10, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle VM - Version 3.2.1 to 3.4.5 [Release OVM32 to OVM34]
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64

Goal

This note explains how Oracle VM Guest Additions work, and how to use them to automate Windows guest configuration under Oracle VM.

Solution

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In this Document
Goal
Solution
 vmapi.dll
 ovmsvc
 xenpci driver
 Messaging control flow
 ovmcmd tool
 Using the Oracle VM Guest Additions to create a conversation between guest VM and Oracle VM Manager

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