Re: How to install Oracle 10g RAC on OEL Linux 5 using VmWare?

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:59 AM, John Smith <john40855_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone managed to do this in Microsoft VIrtual PC 2007? When I try it,
> I have a problem with the video that makes the screen impossible to read. I
> set it up in text mode, but then the mouse didnt work at all.
>
> It looked like the problem was that OEL wanted to use 24 bit color, and
> Virtual PC wants to use 16, but I couldnt figure out how to set the command
> line for startup of virtual PC in 16 bit color. Any ideas?
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Yes, I tried it once in VMware workstation, and it kept on telling me
>> clustering was not supported. Which meant it would not let you share one
>> drive between two workstations.
>>
>> You can do it in vmware workstation if you set up a 3rd workstation as the
>> NAS server. Like I said, I set it up in vmware workstation using 2 OEL
>> workstations, and 1 openfiler workstation. Its not too hard, and gives you
>> a much better feel for what a production RAC installtion is like.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:37 AM, dave <david.best_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Yes, those instructions are for vmware server, not vmware workstation.
>>> > Thats why I asked.
>>>
>>> Sorry didn't notice that.. Pretty sure workstation doesn't support
>>> shared disks.. at least the version I used at the time I tested RAC
>>> didn't.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew W. Kerber
>>
>> 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'
>>
>
>

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