Does it always make sense to virtualize Oracle?
Hullo I can see value in virtualizing small Oracle instances. However, unlike SQL Server, Oracle's architecture and commercial terms favour large, single instance installs, and I can see some...
View ArticleVirtualize Microsoft - Oracle
Dear all I'm writing this thread to post some of our problems virtualizing Microsoft virtual machines with Oracle Databases. The virtual machine was created with Windows 2003 Server R2 and...
View ArticleOracle licensing (AS / DB): other experiences ?
Referring to my blogposts on the matter: http://virtualize.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/oracle-licensing-not-ok/ and http://virtualize.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/oracle-licensing-a-new-chapter/ As this has...
View ArticleHow can i cluster Oracle 10g RAC on 2 Linux VM?
Is there any detailed documentation on how to cluster Oracle 10g RAC on 2 Linux VM? I need to know how the second virtual machine will be able to access the shared storage while this storage is locked...
View ArticleHow to convert vmware image to oracleVM format ？
Hi, All I have installed oracle VM 2.1.2 server and I want to try convert vmware image to oracle VM format. what is the right way to do it? Also, what is the way to convert oracle VM format to...
View ArticleOracle Performance Practices
We have a 10g server being used for development. Recently, as activity has increased, Oracle has begun to refuse connections, and we cannot identify the bottleneck. Some facts about this VM: - It is...
View ArticleOracle 9i for 1 CPU as VM under ESX 3.5 licence question..
Hello.. We have one oracle 9i licence for only 1 phisycal CPU under windows 2003 server Cound I migrate this installation to a VM in a Dell Power Edge with 2 physical CPU´s (Intel quad) under a ESX...
View ArticleHow to deal with Oracles Support stance for VMWare
Get a special arrangement with your company and Oracle. Bet you did not know that Oracle was doing this, but they are.Switch to MS SQL or MYSQL Server and drop Oracle completlyGive Oracle an Ultamatim...
View ArticleClone Oracle
Hello, Wondering if anyone has tried taking a production windows 2003 oracle server running on ESX3.5 and cloned it to make a development environment. I need to do this and not sure what is required...
View ArticleInstall Oracle RAC on VMWARE
I tried to install Oracle RAC using VMWARE using this guideline http://startoracle.com/2007/09/30/so-you-want-to-play-with-oracle-11gs-rac-heres-how/ But when I about to install Oracle database...
View ArticleESXi and Shared storage Oracle RAC
I've been trying to setup a Oracle RAC scenario using two VM Servers on a single host machine. I've installed the OS for both VM's and prepared them both to receive the Oracle Clusterware. My problem...
View ArticleThoughts and experience of virtualising Oracle? OracleVM anyone?
After this week's meeting where the show of hands indicated that nobody is even using Xen of Hyper-V, I'm wondering what people's experience/perception is of Oracle VM (which is based on Xen anyway)....
View ArticleISsue shile virtualizing ORacle
We have virtualized oracle 10G environment on VM . While accessing through IIS6.0 web site through ASP pages (ODBC Connectivity).we are not able to access the ORacle while from same m/c i am able to...
View Articleproblem in copying the virtual machine to create 2nd virtual
Hi, I am trying to install 10grac on Oracle Linux 5 on VMware workstation 6.5 I am facing a problem in copying the virtual machine to create second virtaul machine (rac-2 node) I copy all the files...
View Articlesetting up my san for use with oracle 10g
Hello, I would like some help from people that are already running Oracle on vmware. I'm currently in the process of setup my san. I have all of my other server already planned ou, but they are not...
View ArticleOracle Licensing on ESX Hosts
I'm guessing I'm not going to like the answer to the question but here goes. I'm looking at virtualising a server that has an Oracle database as the backend. This server has two single cores. Our...
View ArticleAttn Oracle DBAs
We are getting ready (or at least entertaining the idea of) to switch to Oracle 11g on RHEL. We understand that this is a very successful configuration in the IT world currently. We are wanting to...
View ArticleQuestion on Oracle processor licensing.
Hi, Our current production environment both E-Business Suite 11i & Database 9i on 8 CPU Solaris box, now we are planning to Upgrade/migrate to R12 on AIX. As part of the upgrade project we want...
View ArticleMigrate Oracle 11i app servers to vmware
Hi, We are planning to migrate our Oracle 11i EBS (11.5.10.2) web servers (including concurrent tiers and forms/web tiers) to VMWare. I didn't find any specific documents on this subject. We don't...
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Oracle support issue....
Hi, Well after about 2 years of running Oracle on ESX without any major problem/issue. We now have a trouble that our DBA is rushing to fix... And since it's a real problem this time Oracle too...
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