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Chief Executive Officer CEO at IT CROWD S.A.S
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Robust, mature, and easy to set up
Pros and Cons
  • "It's a very mature product."
  • "The solution is at its end of life and is about to be discontinued."

What is our primary use case?

Clients who have two or more servers and want to virtualize their processes can deploy Oracle VM, the Virtual Machine. It's comparable with something called hard partitioning so that they can comply with Oracle's licensing policies.

There are other products in the market from other vendors, however, those virtualization technologies are not certified with Oracle regarding their licensing policies. Oracle VM comes with something specific called hard partitioning, which has to physically update the CPU core to virtual machines. This is very important. It allows virtual machines to comply with Oracle licensing policies. Otherwise, we can have big issues regarding product licensing.

What is most valuable?

Oracle VM as a product is very complete. All the features that come with Oracle VM are available within a single subscription. There are no hidden costs. Every feature that you want to use can be used without any hesitation. For example, if there are other products in the market, other virtualization products, they start selling only the basic module, then, if you want some feature they tell you, "No, you have to purchase another module for this feature". In Oracle VM, that is not the case. There is one subscription, one product, and it's everything you need. 

One of the features that we like in Oracle VM is live virtual machine migration. A virtual machine is either running on one physical server and can be moved from that physical server to another physical server live without shutting it down. That is the best part for us.

Apart from that, the graphical process that happens in the Oracle VM environment is also a great feature.

It's a very mature product.

The setup process is easy.

We find the solution to be stable. 

The pricing of the product is great.

Technical support is always helpful and responsive. 

What needs improvement?

The solution is at its end of life and is about to be discontinued. Whatever it is there today, version 3.4.7, that's the last version that will be issued. They are now done with it completely.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability on offer is very good. There are no bugs or glitches. it doesn't crash or freeze. It's very mature.

It is the best virtualization platform hypervisor that is out there. Oracle itself has used Oracle VM in all its engineer systems, as well as in the past generation of Oracle Cloud. It's very stable and very robust.

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's a highly scalable product. They have deployed a server form of 1,000 servers with Oracle VM. 

It's totally scalable. For example, today you have some generation like Intel generation processor, and after three, four, five years, you want to add new servers to the same Oracle VM environment. However, you now have the next generation, like maybe Intel servers, Intel processors, Generation 10, whatever it is. You can still mix different Intel generation processors in the same Oracle VM consideration. From that point of view, it is totally scalable. It allows different CPU generations.

At this time, we have more than 100 to 200 clients that have installed Oracle VM. The solution likely has millions of clients. 

How are customer service and support?

Regarding the support from Oracle, it's the topmost quality and leading the market of VM products. It's always very good. We've been very happy with their capabilities and support.

How was the initial setup?

The implementation process is very straightforward. It is very user-friendly and it is very well-documented. 

The deployment process can be handled by one or two people. It's a total single product. It's a single product that needs to be installed on the physical servers. On the station side, just you have to install Oracle VM Manager, and that's it. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Clients who use the solution pay for a subscription. Oracle VM and Oracle Linux, they're not sold as a license. However, they have support subscription. It is so cheap. It's almost 3% cheaper than any other virtualization product that is there in the market. There are many clients who use it exclusively for virtualization; they have converted their existing virtualization solution to Oracle VM.

What other advice do I have?

We're a partner, a reseller, of Oracle VM.

Oracle VM is basically an infrastructure product. It needs to be installed on-premise. For the cloud, Oracle VM is not applicable as Oracle itself virtualizes everything and provides for the clients. With Oracle VM, we have deployed it to our client infrastructure on-premise in all instances.

This product now is more than 12 to 15 years old. It has been in the market for a long time. Oracle has announced the end of life of this product. Soon, it is going to be finished. Next year, they're not going to launch any more versions of Oracle VM.

Right now, there is no advice that I can give as the product is at the end of life. If a company has Oracle VM in their environment, it is good to have an Oracle VM patch to the latest version and to keep it stable, and that's it. It's not going to be distributed anymore after next year.

I'd rate the solution at a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Director- Technical Services at Soft Alliance
Real User
Top 20
Can easily migrate and VMs across different hosts
Pros and Cons
  • "I don't need to create a repository to allocate storage to my virtual machine, rather I can just use store locally."
  • "An expanded data transfer option is one of the features I would like to have added."

What is our primary use case?


What is most valuable?

I really like two features. The first one is the configuration of direct usage of logs on virtual machines. I don't need to create a repository to allocate storage to my virtual machine, rather I can just use store locally. The second one is the ease of migration or the ability to migrate VMs across hosts.

What needs improvement?

An expanded data transfer option is one of the features I would like to have added. It should allow virtual machines in one site, and replicate them to a different side.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Oracle VM for the last ten years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is stable. It has some configuration issues. We experienced some instability. However, since we left the high score, it has been relatively stable. I would rate it seven out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I've scaled the product recently. We had success with about eight nodes and extended it to ten. I would rate it an eight out of ten.

How was the initial setup?

Back in 2014 or 2013, during my tenure in the installation, I found it to be straightforward. It had simple steps including, installing the OVS server and OVM manager. The Oracle VM is installed on-premises. The initial deployment took over four days. But now if install any other environment, it won’t take more than four hours. It involved two people and we had done it ourselves. I would rate it an eight out of ten.

What about the implementation team?

The deployment was done in-house.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Oracle VM was recommended by the top management, and we deployed just that. This didn’t give us much chance to evaluate other options.

What other advice do I have?

As per my experience using it, it's been wonderful. I recommend Oracle VM to anyone. I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Enterprise Architect at Assore
Real User
A great tool for complex organizations, reliable, and expands easily
Pros and Cons
  • "It's easy to adjust the size up and down."
  • "The pricing could be cheaper. It is very pricey."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use it for ERP in virtual environments.

What is most valuable?

The solution is very scalable. It's easy to adjust the size up and down.

It's stable. 

It's a great tool for complex organizations.

What needs improvement?

The pricing could be cheaper. It is very pricey.

This tool isn't for every company. It's very complex. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been working with the solution for nine years, more or less.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability has been great. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. It has been reliable. I would rate the scalability at an eight out of ten. We have external partners and an internal technical team that constantly works to stabilize everything. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is very good. You can adjust it up and down. The scalability I would rate at a ten out of ten. It's great.

We have 250 users on the solution right now. Their job titles vary from senior to middle management. It's pretty static. We do not have plans to increase usage.

How are customer service and support?

We've worked with technical support. We supplement it with our technical expertise. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not previously use a different solution. 

How was the initial setup?

The setup is pretty straightforward. It doesn't require any maintenance once it is up and running. 

It took about three weeks to set up the VM itself, however, Oracle in general takes a long time to implement - maybe six months.

I wasn't directly involved in the deployment process and cannot speak to how it was done. 

We have 36 technical staff that help handle the deployment and maintenance. 

What about the implementation team?

We had an integrator install the solution for us. 

What was our ROI?

There may be an ROI, however, it may not be a lot. It's a very expensive tool.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We currently pay yearly licensing for the solution. 

it is an expensive solution. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We currently are in the decision-making process of whether we're going to remain with Oracle or whether we're going to look at a different ERP.

What other advice do I have?

We use an older version of the solution. While the solution started as an on-premises deployment, we've since moved to a private cloud. We did that in the last 18 months. 

This is a very complex system for complex organizations. It is not something I would recommend to everyone. 

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Database Specialist at SIVECO Romania SA
Real User
Top 20
The solution is easy to configure once you understand the documentation and pricing is not expensive
Pros and Cons
  • "I rate Oracle VM's scalability a ten out of ten."
  • "Oracle VM needs to add a backup feature."

What needs improvement?

Oracle VM needs to add a backup feature. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the product since 2014. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the product's stability a nine out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate Oracle VM's scalability a ten out of ten. 

How are customer service and support?

I have never contacted Oracle support. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I also use IBM as per project requirements. 

How was the initial setup?

When we installed the product in 2014, its documentation was simple and crystal clear. Now, it is complicated. We have to jump from one page to another. I rate its deployment an eight out of ten. Deployment takes around two hours to complete. 

What about the implementation team?

I managed the deployment myself. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Oracle VM is not expensive. I rate its pricing a three out of ten. 

What other advice do I have?

The solution is easy to configure once you understand the documentation. I rate it a nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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Oracle Techno Sales consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Flexible solution with extensive features like OVM Manager, enabling you to avoid hard coding
Pros and Cons
  • "It's a very flexible solution because you have all the commands that you can do yourself."
  • "Something that could be improved are the snapshots that go in the ZFS Storage. If you want to enjoy Oracle VM, you will definitely want it to go together with ZFS Storage to maximize on the snapshot facility."

What is our primary use case?

I handle both sales and technical. We also sell cloud technology, so I do a lot of extensive work on cloud implementation.

We are Oracle Gold partners. We do a lot of deployments around Oracle VM. We are core in Oracle infrastructure and Oracle banking. When I say Oracle infrastructure, I'm looking at the x86 servers, also the SPARC servers. When you look at infrastructure, these not only carry the servers themselves, we look at the virtualization technology, which is definitely Oracle VM, both on SPARC and on x86.

Recently, we have been doing a kind of mix where the customer wants Dell and Oracle x86 VM.

I have done this deployment for an insurance company, and they have a lot of insurance solutions which run on the Oracle database. They could not go for the expensive Oracle server, so they decided to go for the Dell server but now are hard partitioning Oracle VM to cut down on the cost of licenses.

We have installed life insurance solutions on Oracle VM hard partitioned, and the general insurance solution is hard partitioned to focus on Oracle VM. They have a dock management system that uses Oracle database, hard partitioned also to focus on Oracle VM. They have a business intelligence solution which also uses Oracle database, also hard partitioned to Oracle VM.

We have actually created the production and VR with loads of VLANs swinging through both production and VR side, all on Oracle VM.

Storage is Dell Unisys storage, and then the computer is all Dell servers.

What is most valuable?

It's a very flexible solution because you have all the commands that you can do yourself.

The OVM Manager is very extensive and very nice to use for those who don't have a 360 view of the hard coding of things. They can still use Oracle VM to run the show, especially in the SPARC version. I've done some deployment with Oracle SPARC VM, but using Connect to connect it to Oracle OVM Manager. We use the OVM Manager to provision the SPARC server rather than going through the hard work of writing the codes of SPARC VM yourself.

All these things make Oracle VM a kind of panacea solution for me.

What needs improvement?

Something that could be improved are the snapshots that go in the ZFS Storage. If you want to enjoy Oracle VM, you will definitely want it to go together with ZFS Storage to maximize on the snapshot facility.

In other virtualization like VMware, you can do the snapshot right at the level of VMware itself. You'll get customers complaining that, "We can't take a snapshot just like we do on our normal VMware solution."

I always advise my customers to go with ZFS Storage. If you maybe had a snapshot on the Oracle VM itself, it would make sense.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been born and bred with Oracle since 2001. It is a career for me. In the past 10 years, I moved between flex to core banking, CRM, ERP and Oracle E-Business Suite to Oracle hardware T8 implementation.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's extremely stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable because we are using production and VR 35 kilometers apart. Scalability is no issue.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The licensing for Oracle VM solution is very nice because you license the box.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution 10 out of 10.

My advice is to throw away your VMware because the licenses will kill you. Throw away your Microsoft Hyper-V because it doesn't work. Just go with Oracle VM because it works.

Oracle Virtualization works and is the best in the world, so I don't know what guys are doing with other solutions.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
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Retail Solution & BI Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Works well for deploying and switching virtual machines
Pros and Cons
  • "It is a scalable solution."
  • "If there are issues with the storage, then all the machines go down, even if I have a backup solution in place."

What needs improvement?

If there are issues with the storage, then all the machines go down, even if I have a backup solution in place. So I have to restart the server, and then it starts working again. It has happened a few times, and it wasn't very comfortable. 

Apart from that, it's an okay solution for deploying VMs or switching them to another server if you have availability installed, and so on.

I'm not familiar with the latest version. There might be some new functionalities that we would like to have in our current solution. For example, having better backup options for virtual machines, such as online backup, would be cool to have.

This is something that I would like to see in our virtualization solution.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with Oracle VM for around ten years. So far, it has been working well. 

If you don't have any issues, it works perfectly. If you do encounter issues, there aren't many. But where there are some issues, it can be a little more challenging compared to other solutions I've worked with. However, I understand it better now as we are transitioning to the latest utilization from Oracle, which they use in their cloud.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability of Oracle VM a nine out of ten. We haven't encountered any issues while working in production. 

However, if there are any issues, it's important that the environment supports optimal utilization. Additionally, it's worth noting that we are using an older version of the Oracle server. We are currently in the process of installing it in a new data center.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution. The new version is more scalable than the old one.

How are customer service and support?

Overall, I am happy with Oracle's support.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I work with the paid version. We are moving to the latest Oracle virtualization solutions, so we are going to stick to this solution.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I would rate Oracle VM an eight out of ten. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Computer Engineer at NITC: IT Agency of Government of Nepal
Real User
A simple solution that is easy to use
Pros and Cons
  • "The product is simple and easy to use."
  • "The tool's price and stability could be better."

What is most valuable?

The product is simple and easy to use. 

What needs improvement?

The tool's price and stability could be better. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with the solution for four years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the solution's stability a seven out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have around 150 users for the solution. 

How was the initial setup?

The tool's deployment was straightforward. The deployment took around 10 minutes to complete. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We use the product's free version that is not licensed. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the product a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Syed Abid  - PeerSpot reviewer
Snr. Infrastructure Architect (Data Centre) at LogicEra
Reseller
Top 5Leaderboard
Excellent performance, scalability and flexibility; great cloning feature . Best for oracle Products
Pros and Cons
  • "The cloning is a great feature and live migration is very easy."
  • "There are currently issues with centralized storage."

What is our primary use case?

We have a data center with multiple racks. The product Oracle VM Server is deployed on two of our HP G10 servers. Comparatively this product is more flexible & reliable for oracle Applications & Databases. we have all our PROD env on this platform and It also enables us to clone an oracle app / db product for a test environment within a few minutes. We are Oracle customers and I'm the system and infrastructure Admin.

How has it helped my organization?

we have also test and development env. live cloning of oracle app /db within minutes is a great feature and very helpful for us. 

What is most valuable?

The live cloning within minutes is a great feature and live migration is very easy. It's the most reliable feature and it's not available in VMware or Hyper-V. Performance, scalability and flexibility are all good in this product. 

What needs improvement?

All features are ok. just need to add performance monitoring tools for all running VMs & reporting facility as well.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for six years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There is good stability with this product and we've been able to upgrade when necessary without any problems. We have the technical skill and product knowledge so it's easy for us.  This solution is more stable than VMware and Hyper-V

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This solution is easy to scale. We can add the storage and increase VM capacity without a problem. this product is scalable. storage, network, NFS, servers can be easily added or migrated.

How are customer service and support?

although we have technical support license. but from last five years we didn,t need any support. as we have technical skill set and product knowledge. . 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

we were using physical servers. then we move to VMWare but we faced issue regarding oracle apps / dbs performance. then we found OVM solution. this is best for oracle products. VMWare is also a good product but as for as performance of Oracle aap / db is concern . Oracle VM server is best option

How was the initial setup?

I configured the applications and deployed this solution. Deployment doesn't take very long, it just depends on the situation. I can build an Oracle environment in one day and deploy virtual machines. to mange Oracle VM server we need Oracle VM Mmanager. that is also easy configure. a complete guide is available. just study thoroughly before deployment.

What about the implementation team?

no vendors at all. i tested and deployed this product by myself. initially it was 3.4.2 then we upgraded to 3.4.5. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We found this product to be reasonably priced, it's not expensive like VMware. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

as mentioned earlier we used physical env as well as vmware & hyper-v. we are still using the same for other applications. But for oracle products we choose oracle vm server.

What other advice do I have?

I highly recommend this solution, especially for oracle apps & dbs. within five minutes you can make a clone even if it's one terabyte. 

I rate this solution a 10 out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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