Not entirely sure. Most of our Oracle installations are on UNIX. The Oracle DBAs treat this install with barely concealed disdain, it being on Windows and such. I help support the VMware and OS side of it and continually point out that if the application crashes the error does not mean it's a Windows problem.
It's small by our standards. 200-300 GB though it is growing. On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Don Ely<[email protected]> wrote: > 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/> ~
