We're running Oracle on a VM. It does work. They do whine on support calls.
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Sherry Abercrombie<[email protected]> wrote: > 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/> ~
