How many users are hitting it? How much RAM and processor did you give to it?
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
