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

From: neil kodner <nkodner_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:24:55 -0400
Message-Id: <75E9D561-9742-4703-AB50-1E6A937AE026_at_gmail.com>

For anyone interested, this is exactly how I got 2-Node RAC running under VMWare Fusion on my MacBook Pro - Using an OpenFiler SAN vmware image.

On Sep 17, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Andrew Kerber 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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