Re: Oracle on vmware
From: Jeremy <jeremy0505_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 23:18:49 +0100
Message-ID: <MPG.2665050c42c6a54c989832_at_News.Individual.NET>
In article <hterpp$sr9$1_at_news.eternal-september.org>, chuckh1958 _nospam_at_gmail.com says...
>
> On 05/24/2010 05:02 PM, Jeremy wrote:
> > In article <htegd4$pc4$1_at_news.eternal-september.org>, chuckh1958
> > _nospam_at_gmail.com says...
> >>
> >> Anyone here running a production Oracle Linux environment on vmware? I'm
> >> curious of how your experience with it has been. What platforms have you
> >> used? Has the technology worked well for you or have there been serious
> >> problems? What about support issues since vmware is not an officially
> >> supported virtualization technology according to Oracle support.
> >>
> >> I've already read the vmware sales stuff. I'm interested in hearing real
> >> world experiences.
> >>
> >> TIA.
> >
> > Been running 10g Standard on VMWARE production for 2 years on RHEL4. We
> > have had no issues at all and have to provide 24x7 service.
> >
>
> What about licensing as mentioned by "Shakespeare" in his reply?
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 23:18:49 +0100
Message-ID: <MPG.2665050c42c6a54c989832_at_News.Individual.NET>
In article <hterpp$sr9$1_at_news.eternal-september.org>, chuckh1958 _nospam_at_gmail.com says...
>
> On 05/24/2010 05:02 PM, Jeremy wrote:
> > In article <htegd4$pc4$1_at_news.eternal-september.org>, chuckh1958
> > _nospam_at_gmail.com says...
> >>
> >> Anyone here running a production Oracle Linux environment on vmware? I'm
> >> curious of how your experience with it has been. What platforms have you
> >> used? Has the technology worked well for you or have there been serious
> >> problems? What about support issues since vmware is not an officially
> >> supported virtualization technology according to Oracle support.
> >>
> >> I've already read the vmware sales stuff. I'm interested in hearing real
> >> world experiences.
> >>
> >> TIA.
> >
> > Been running 10g Standard on VMWARE production for 2 years on RHEL4. We
> > have had no issues at all and have to provide 24x7 service.
> >
>
> What about licensing as mentioned by "Shakespeare" in his reply?
Not an issue for the kinds of servers we are running on. Contact me via e-mail if you want to discuss that aspect any further.
-- jeremyReceived on Mon May 24 2010 - 17:18:49 CDT