Oracle^® VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide

Chapter 11

Using Virtual Disks

This chapter describes how to use virtual disks with Oracle VM Server for SPARC software.

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Introduction to Virtual Disks

• Virtual Disk Identifier and Device Name

• Managing Virtual Disks

• Virtual Disk Appearance

• Virtual Disk Back End Options

• Virtual Disk Back End

• Configuring Virtual Disk Multipathing

• CD, DVD and ISO Images

• Virtual Disk Timeout

• Virtual Disk and SCSI

• Virtual Disk and the format Command

• Using ZFS With Virtual Disks

• Using Volume Managers in an Oracle VM Server for SPARC Environment

• Virtual Disk Issues