Hello,
I just virtualized (esx) a system that I'm running Oracle 10g and an application called Dimensions - a config mgt java application served out with tomcat. I'm on Win2003 R2.
I'm the dba, not vmware admin. Problem - the vminstance when booted, starts all services, but is dog slow for a few hours. It seems like it needs to "ramp-up". I see no evidence of this on a similar stand-alone win2003 box w/the same software installed. The services, such as Oracle and Dimensions application are so slow and unresponsive as to be impossible to use. After a few hours everything is fine. Very good response and everything is fine.
Was wondering if anyone else had the same problems and if anyone can suggest oracle init param changes or vmware config changes to help this boot-up problem. The virtual instance was set-up w/4 CPU and 4 GB ram, just like the orig box it was virtualixed from. The vmbox has 2 quad core CPUs and I think 12 GB ram (not sure). Also there are maybe 6 other virtualized OSes on the vmserver. We have a single EMC lun holding all virtualized OSes.
Thanks,
Mark