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  Introduction Oracle VM Server for x86 was a long-standing Oracle virtualization platform for running Linux, Oracle Solaris, and Microsoft Windows virtual machines on x86 hardware. For many Oracle customers, it became a familiar platform for Oracle Database, middleware, and application workloads. The platform decision has changed. Oracle VM 3 moved beyond its Premier and Extended Support periods and is now in Sustaining Support. Oracle’s Lifetime Support Policy lists Oracle VM 3 with Premier Support ending in March 2021, Extended Support ending in June 2024, and Sustaining Support continuing indefinitely. For enterprise production environments, that support status makes Oracle VM Server for x86 a legacy platform rather than a recommended foundation for new deployments. Oracle’s current x86 virtualization direction is based on Oracle Linux KVM, managed by Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager, commonly called OLVM. Oracle describes OLVM as a server virtualization management p...

  Issue Summary: Previously the Oracle VM Manager v3.4 was installed on a Desktop with CentOS as the Operating System. Due to HDD crash, the OVM Manager system was rendered unoperational hence there was no control about managing & monitoring of the Oracle VMs running on the OVS Hypervisors. Resolution and recovery: Logged to one of the OVS Hypervisor Server - myovs4 (172.xx.xx.4) via SSH using root credentials. Changed to /etc/ovs-agent/db folder & run ovs-agent-db dump_db server It will output the details as - [root@myovs4 db]# ovs-agent-db dump_db server {'cluster_state': 'DLM_Ready', 'clustered': True, 'fs_stat_uuid_list': ['0004fb0000050000c7804237916f0bde'], 'is_master': False, 'manager_event_url': 'https://172.xx.xx.8:7002/ovm/core/wsapi/rest/internal/Server/6c:7b:a9:3d:ff:f2:11:e6:83:eb:00:0a:f7:af:ee:ac/Event', 'manager_ip': '172.xx.xx.8', 'manager_statistic_url': 'https://1...