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# Preface

The preface contains information on how to use the Oracle VM Template Builder Installation and User's Guide. The areas discussed are:

- Audience

- Documentation Accessibility

- Command Syntax

- Related Documents

- Conventions

## Audience

The Oracle VM Template Builder Installation and User's Guide is intended for Oracle VM template builders, and system administrators who want to learn how use to Oracle VM Template Builder to create guest virtual machine templates and deploy in Oracle VM.

## Documentation Accessibility

Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible to all users, including users that are disabled. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community. Accessibility standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers. For more information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program Web site at `http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/`.

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

This documentation may contain links to Web sites of other companies or organizations that Oracle does not own or control. Oracle neither evaluates nor makes any representations regarding the accessibility of these Web sites.

Deaf/Hard of Hearing Access to Oracle Support Services

To reach Oracle Support Services, use a telecommunications relay service (TRS) to call Oracle Support at 1.800.223.1711. An Oracle Support Services engineer will handle technical issues and provide customer support according to the Oracle service request process. Information about TRS is available at `http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/trs.html`, and a list of phone numbers is available at `http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/trsphonebk.html`.

## Command Syntax

UNIX command syntax appears in `monospace` font. The dollar character ($), number sign (#), or percent character (%) are UNIX command prompts. Do not enter them as part of the command. The following command syntax conventions are used in this Guide:

Convention | Description
--- | ---
backslash \ | A backslash is the UNIX command continuation character. It is used in command examples that are too long to fit on a single line. Enter the command as displayed (with a backslash) or enter it on a single line without a backslash:
    dd if=/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s6 of=/dev/rst0 bs=10b \
    count=10000
braces { } | Braces indicate required items:
    .DEFINE {macro1}
brackets [ ] | Brackets indicate optional items:
    cvtcrt termname [outfile]
ellipses ... | Ellipses indicate an arbitrary number of similar items:
    CHKVAL fieldname value1 value2 ... valueN
italics | Italic type indicates a variable. Substitute a value for the variable:
    library_name
vertical line | | A vertical line indicates a choice within braces or brackets:
    FILE filesize [K|M]

## Related Documents

For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle VM documentation set:

- Oracle VM Server Quick Start Guide

- Oracle VM Server Release Notes

- Oracle VM Server Installation Guide

- Oracle VM Server User's Guide

- Oracle VM Manager Release Notes

- Oracle VM Manager Installation Guide

- Oracle VM Manager User's Guide

- Creating and Using Oracle VM Templates: The Fastest Way to Deploy Any Enterprise Software, an Oracle white paper:

      http://www.oracle.com/technologies/virtualization/docs/ovmtemplateoverview-whitepaper.pdf

- Oracle VM Template Developer's Guide, an Oracle white paper:

      http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/vm/pdf/ovmtemplatedevguide-whitepaper.pdf

You can also get the latest information on Oracle VM by going to the Oracle virtualization Web site:

`http://www.oracle.com/virtualization`

## Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention | Meaning
--- | ---
boldface | Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic | Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
`monospace` | Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.