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
> >> >> >
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> >> >>
> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Sherry Abercrombie
> >> >
> >> > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
> magic."
> >> > Arthur C. Clarke
> >> > Sent from Haslet, TX, United States
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
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> >>
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