I have come to standstill with the creation of the VM cluster. I do not have an easy way of installing VM Manager onto a VM.
My options seem to be:
I would want to avoid option because it would delay installation by another two (2) weeks and it is an additional expense. Once I have the VM cluster up and running, there would be no need for this second machine.
Oracle VM Manager 2.2.0 is available for x86-32 bit.
The problem is that I have installed VM Server 3.1.1 for x86-64 bit. I doubt if the V2 VM Manager can talk to the V3 VM Server.
I have downloaded the software anyway.
According to Oracle VM Implementation and Administration Guide (p.129), the relevant Oracle Support document is Oracle VM and Cloud Management in Enterprise Manager - Index Note [ID 781879.1]. This document says that the VM pack can be installed for OEM 10.2.0.5, OEM 11G, and OEM 12c. So, an upgrade to OEM 12c can be avoided, but I still need to upgrade GRIDCTRL to OEM 10.2.0.5.
This is a feasible option with two (2) possibilities:
I could go through the pain of learning to use XEN commands from the XEN site.
Cloud computing could be the way to go instead as I would get the use of a temporary machine that I could dispose of once I finish.
The problem would be of routing network traffic from the cloud into my home network. The ISP only gives me one (1) IP address behind which I hide all of my PCs behind NAT.