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March 27, 2019
Announcing Oracle VirtIO Drivers 1.1.3 for Microsoft Windows
We are pleased to announce Oracle VirtIO Drivers for Microsoft Windows release 1.1.3. The Oracle VirtIO Drivers for Microsoft Windows are paravirtualized (PV) drivers for Microsoft Windows guests that are running on Oracle Linux KVM. The Oracle VirtIO Drivers for Microsoft Windows improve performance for network and block (disk) devices on Microsoft Windows guests and resolve common issues.
What's New
The Oracle VirtIO Drivers for Microsoft Windows 1.1.3 provides a new “Custom” installation option that facilitates the migration of guest VMs to run in PV mode on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This enables you to run existing Microsoft Windows images as PV instances on OCI.
The “Default” option installs the Oracle VirtIO Drivers on the Microsoft Windows guest running on Oracle Linux KVM.
Oracle VirtIO Drivers 1.1.3 is built on the 1.1.2 release of VirtIO Drivers that have been certified by Microsoft. The update (from 1.1.2 to 1.1.3) is due to a new custom installation option.
Existing customers using Oracle VirtIO Drivers 1.1.2 do not need to upgrade to the 1.1.3 release.
The new "Custom" installation, executed on a Microsoft Windows virtual machine in "Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Classic (OCI-C)" or on premises in an Oracle VM virtual machine, adds and activates the Oracle VirtIO drivers required to run paravirtualized mode on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Oracle VirtIO Drivers 1.1.3 supports the KVM hypervisor with Oracle Linux 7 on premises and on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The following guest Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported:
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Guest OS |
64-bit |
32-bit |
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Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Yes |
Not Available |
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Yes |
Not Available |
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Yes |
Not available |
|
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 |
Yes |
Not Available |
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Oracle VirtIO Drivers release 1.1.3 is available on the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud by searching on "Oracle Linux"
Click on the "Add to Cart" button and then click on "Checkout" in the right upper corner. On the following window, select "x86-64" and click on the "Continue" button:
Click on "V981734-01.zip - Oracle VirtIO Drivers Version for Microsoft Windows 1.1.3" to download the drivers:
The Oracle VirtIO Drivers release 1.1.3 is also available on My Oracle Support under the patch number 27637937.
Oracle Linux Resources
Documentation
- Oracle Linux Administrator's Guide for Release 7 - Virtualization
- Oracle VirtIO Drivers for Microsoft Windows