Oracle VM Ready Criteria for ISVs and IHVs

• You must be an OPN member at the Gold level or higher.
• You must have membership in the Oracle Server Virtualization Knowledge Zone .
• You must complete the Oracle Exastack Ready online application.
• You must provide an active URL which describes your application and verifies that your application or Ready hardware is generally commercially available to commercial customers.
• Your "application" is defined as an application software product that runs on Oracle VM. Your application is recognized at the application suite or product family level, and not at the individual application module level.
• Your "Ready hardware" is defined as a hardware product that has been tested and runs with Oracle VM 3.0 or higher.
• You must provide an active URL that states the name of your application or Ready hardware product and the version number (version X.x) that supports the latest major release (PDF). Example: Partner application or hardward product XYZ version 2.0 supports Oracle VM 3.0 or higher.
• You must have a published and current OPN Solutions Catalog profile for both your company and your application or Ready hardware product, click here to view your current profiles.
• Within 30 days of acceptance notification, OPN members who have been accepted into the Oracle Exastack Ready Program are required to post a solution brief to their product website and OPN Solutions Catalog profile that outlines the benefits of their application running on Oracle VM.
• You must provide ongoing technical support services for your customers. It is recommended, but not required, that OPN members complete MVSP Support Training Guided Learning Path (GLP) and obtain OCVS (Oracle Collaborative Vendor Support Program) membership .
• Your application or Ready hardware must work with the latest major release (PDF) or version of Oracle VM. You agree to update your application or Ready hardware product to work with Oracle VM within 12 months of Oracle's release of Oracle VM.
• In addition to the criteria above, IHVs will also need to ensure that the Ready hardware products for which they are requesting Oracle VM Ready:
  • Must provide product warranty and technical support information
  • You must successfully run the Oracle Linux and Oracle VM HCL Test Suite (PDF) to ensure compliance. Approved Oracle Exastack Ready IHV products will be listed on the Oracle Linux and Oracle VM HCL with special notation to highlight your achievement of Oracle VM Ready status and distinguish your product from other products on the HCL.
  • Hardware product must be generally commercially available to commercial customers
  • Must publish a commercial price for your hardware product on your standard price list or price schedule
  • Must provide professional technical support for your Hardware product
  • Must regularly release new updates of your hardware product and/or new version releases of your product to your customers to whom you provide technical support

The following platform partner products technologies are NOT eligible for Oracle VM Ready status:

If you have any questions, chat with a partner expert now or email OracleExastack_ww@oracle.com.

If you have any questions about the IHV program for Oracle Linux or  Oracle VM, please email hcl-info_ww@oracle.com

To start the application process for Oracle VM Ready:

• ISVs Apply Here  (PRM Administrator)
• IHVs Apply here  (PRM Administrator)

If you are not the PRM Administrator and do not know who is for your company, please contact your local Partner Business Center.