Oracle does support running on VMWare, however, they do stipulate how many times you can fail over/move a VM per year based on your licensing agreement which is of course based on CPU....
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: > We have a number of application vendors that do not support running on > VMs. Most of the applications will work fine assuming your VMs have > solid performance. It helps if you are a medium size company with > large support contracts in strong arming them into helping out. > > Steven > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Steven M. Caesare<[email protected]> > wrote: > > Oh, an incidentally, Oracle appears to not officially support their stuff > > running in any VM other than their own… > > > > > > > > Take that FWIW. > > > > > > > > -sc > > > > > > > > From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:27 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Windows x64 under ESX > > > > > > > > Good to know. Do the tools not run properly in WoW64 or is it that they > > aren't "officially supported"? > > > > Jeff > > > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Steven M. Caesare < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > We occasionally run in to some “support” issues on 64bit stuff. And some > > vendors *cough*oracle*cough* seem to have a hard time getting many of > their > > support tools updated to run and be supported in WoW64 L > > > > > > > > But I think we’ve only built one 32bit VM in the last couple of years… > > > > > > > > -sc > > > > > > > > From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:00 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Windows x64 under ESX > > > > > > > > We have a couple of templates set up to quickly create Win 2003 VMs > > (Standard or Enterprise). It occurred to me, is there any reason to use > the > > 32bit flavor any more? We're still on ESX 3.5, which supports 64bit. > Are > > there any downsides I haven't considered? Drivers shouldn't be an issue > on > > a VM, and I'm not aware of any application compatibility issues. > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Haslet, TX, United States ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
