Oracle on VMware
Hello, I began testing Oracle (11g) on VMware (ESXi 5.0 Update 1) and comparing performance with a physical server.Virtual machine is configured per VMware best practise for Oracle (paravirtual SCSI...
View ArticleDatabase performance problem
We're running vcenter 5.1.0b with an Oracle 11g database. We've had various performance problems such as slow search results, slow vcenter service startup, etc. So I started to look at the database....
View ArticleOracle RAC on vSphere4.1 - Performance Problem
Dear Mates, We are seeing performance issues for the Oracle RAC VM's. Oracle Support say that queries are waiting for IO. Below is the environment. 2 node (VM) Oracle RAC setup.1 VM in each ESXi...
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Hardware Optimization for my VMWARE
Hi, I'm currently running a very resource consuming Oracle product on my vmware. Luckily, I have a very geared PC for the job. However, I require the wisdom of seasoned VMware users in the following...
View ArticleP2V of Oracle databases
I have two seperate oracle databases that are overlapping one older version and one newer version I would like to convert the databases into virtual machines but i need to do it with minimal down time...
View ArticleEnable hyperthreading for virtualized Oracle 11gR2 database (OEL57)?
We are virtualizing our Oracle 11gR2 databases (running on OEL57 64-bit) on Vmware 5.1. I've read information at various locations that hyperthreading is not recommended for Oracle 11g database. One...
View ArticleEnterprise Manager Plugin for Oracle on VMware License Optimization
Is confusion, or lack of knowledge around Oracle licensing policies and fees on VMware preventing your enterprise from leveraging the technical and business benefits of Oracle on VMware to the fullest?...
View ArticleStorage vMotion for Oracle RAC VMs
We are starting to virtualize Oracle RAC at our company. Initially we followed the Oracle Databases on VMware RAC Deployment guide, which specifies using a bus sharing setting of "none" for most of...
View ArticleNew Blue Medora Webinar Series on Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control...
Continues popular "how to" sessions on BI Publisher and takes a closer look at new VMware management capabilities in the latest update to Enterprise Manager Plugin for VMware. See how increased...
View ArticleOracle and backups/recovery of VM Server
Hi all I am having difficulty in finding doco on whats required for backing up oracle thats running within a VM Links / thoughts / experiences ?? thanks
View ArticleFirst Oracle Virtualization
Afternoon All! I'm about to virtualize my first Oracle Server, I've never really worked with Oracle before so I was wondering whether there are any special considerations? The Server has databases...
View ArticleOracle RAC on ESX 3.0.2
Hello, I have 2 Linux servers on 1 Datastore (1 LUN) on iscsi. I want to set up Oracle RAC (clustering) Ive read several articles but nothing appears to be apply. Do I need to create 3 new luns...
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Oracle on VM Workstation
Hi I'm using vmware workstation 5.5.5 to try and learn Oracle 11g. Oracle is successfully installed on my laptop under RH Linux and I would like to connect to it using the client tools installed on...
View ArticleOracle 10g Conversion Gotchas
Hello, We are getting ready to test convert our Oracle 10g server from a physical Windows 2000 server to a virtual server on ESX 3.0.2. I was wondering if anyone has tried this and have anything...
View ArticleOracle E-Biz on ESX?
This past weekend, we moved our Oracle E-Biz installation from physical hardware (3.6 Ghz; 2 CPU + HT) to VM's.This went well (not suprising) except we are seeing high (higher then expected) CPU usage...
View ArticleOracle Collaboration Suite on VMWARE!
I have successfully test Oracle EBS on VMWARE and we found the results very satisfactory, now I have to work with Oracle Collaboration Suite on VMWARE ESX 3.5. I found the documents that provided me...
View ArticleRhel5.2 Cluster on esx 3.5
I want to set up a RHEL 5.2 Cluster to mirror what I am trying to setup in production. Any one have some input or know of a guide Shared Disk options Fencing option Cluster config GFS We are not...
View ArticleOracle EBS and VMware
I am curious if anyone has successfully run Oracle E-Business Suite R12 on ESX 3.5? The initial installation (default configuration, no tweaking) was really slow when put under load... Does anyone...
View ArticleRAC on VI3
Hello all, how about Oracle RAC on Vmware Virtual Infrastructure 3 on production? Is it now certified by Oracle/Vmware, or anyone knows if it will be certified in the future? Does someone have RAC on...
View ArticleVMDK file with Oracle Enterprise Linux
Dear All, I need a VMDK file with Oracle enterprise linux . Where can I download the same? Please help regards Latha
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