Curious, how large is your Oracle DB? What kind of resources do you have carved out? How many transactions run through it?
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
