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Oracle AI World brings the Oracle community together to explore how AI and other technology innovations are driving real business outcomes across industries.

Discover what’s new through:
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  • Product demonstrations
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  • Technical learning and training sessions
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Product Highlights

Oracle Virtualization now supports Oracle Linux 9

The Oracle Linux and Oracle Virtualization team is pleased to announce support for the Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager 4.5 (ovirt-engine) on Oracle Linux 9. This update enables organizations to run both the Manager and Oracle Linux KVM compute hosts with Oracle Linux 9; moving Oracle Virtualization environments to a current version of Oracle Linux. Read more.

Oracle Linux: The Enterprise Linux Choice That Keeps You in Control

Discover how Oracle Linux combines open source flexibility, modern UEK innovation, live security patching with Ksplice, and enterprise support. Run consistent, high performance workloads across on premises infrastructure, cloud environments, and the edge while retaining control over cost, deployment, and data location. Read more.

Partner Spotlight: ServiceNow Integration with Oracle Virtualization

ServiceNow IT Operations Management is now validated with Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager. Discover and manage data centers, clusters, hosts, virtual machines, and templates through ServiceNow, helping IT teams automate lifecycle workflows, improve operational visibility, strengthen governance, and retain their existing IT service management investment. Read more.

Developers Corner

Linux Memory Compaction: Internals and Debugging — Part 3: Debugging Compaction Problems

Complete the memory compaction series with practical diagnostics for fragmented Linux systems. Explore shell scripts, bpftrace, and DTrace techniques that reveal whether compaction is being triggered, whether it is effective, which workloads drive direct compaction, and whether kcompactd can keep pace. Read more.

Cracking the Linux Boot Code: Linux Boot Time Diagnostics Foundations

Learn a structured approach to troubleshooting slow or failing Linux starts. This hands on guide covers kernel verbosity, early console output, initcall timing, Dracut diagnostics, and systemd analysis to isolate issues across kernel initialization, storage discovery, initramfs, drivers, and service startup. Read more.

Cracking the Linux Boot Code: Deep Dive Linux Boot Diagnostics

Go beyond boot logs with targeted kernel instrumentation. Learn how to use dynamic debug, boot time tracing, ftrace, bootconfig, and kprobes to investigate early driver failures, slow initialization paths, and timing sensitive issues, while keeping tracing focused and cleaning up temporary settings afterwards. Read more.

Where did my memory go? When total memory is not total memory in Linux

Why does Linux report less memory than is physically installed? Follow a detailed investigation of MemTotal, kernel memory maps, reserved memory, hash tables, per CPU data, and firmware allocations, with practical commands to account for the memory unavailable to the physical allocator. Read more.

Updating Secure Boot Keys for VirtualBox TPM Backed Virtual Machines

Follow essential steps to refresh Microsoft Secure Boot certificates in VirtualBox Windows 10 and Windows 11 guests without disrupting TPM bound state. The guide covers backups, GUI and VBoxManage procedures, verification in PowerShell, and recovery considerations for custom keys and boot chains. Read more.

Events & Webinars

Upcoming Webinar: Reducing Linux patch downtime with Oracle Ksplice

North America: September 22, 2026, 10 AM PST
EMEA: September 23, 2026, 11 AM CEST
APAC: September 30, 2026, 12:30 PM SGT

Security updates are essential, but patching Linux systems can create difficult tradeoffs between urgency, maintenance windows, and service availability. In this technical webinar, Oracle experts will explain how Oracle Ksplice helps teams apply critical updates to the Linux kernel, hypervisor, and key user space libraries without requiring a reboot.

The session will cover how live patching works, where Ksplice fits within Oracle Linux Support, and how infrastructure and security teams can use it to improve patching responsiveness while reducing disruption to business critical systems.

Attendees will leave with a practical understanding of how Oracle Ksplice can help simplify Linux maintenance, support security update processes, and reduce downtime associated with patch cycles.

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Upcoming Webinar: Migrate from Red Hat to Oracle Linux — Without Starting Over

September 29, 2026, 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT

Oracle and Cloud Creek Systems invite you to a North America webinar on moving from Red Hat to Oracle Linux. Learn how organizations can reduce Linux operating costs while benefiting from a proven, enterprise-ready platform—supported by Cloud Creek’s experienced consulting team, which helps customers turn technology decisions into practical business outcomes.
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Oracle Linux Webinar Series

Get expert insights with this webinar series. Explore live and on-demand webinars presented by Oracle experts covering security, automation, virtualization, high availability, cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, and more. Learn how Oracle Linux helps you deploy, optimize, and manage applications on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge—all with the capabilities included in a single Oracle Linux Premier Support subscription.

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Watch our Oracle Virtualization Webinar Series

Explore our on-demand webinars to get the latest news and insights. Learn how Oracle Virtualization provides an efficient, cost-saving alternative for organizations striving to optimize technology investments and streamline operations.
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Resources

Oracle Linux website
Oracle Linux blog
Oracle Virtualization website
Oracle Virtualization blog
Hardware Certification List
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