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Written by RD   
Monday, 09 June 2008

ImageI have been toying with the Oracle VM as I was requested to recommend best solution for a software training school for their system architecture.  When I was evaluating Oracle VM, came across interesting information about Oracle VM, especially for the shops that are having Oracle/MSSql Server RDBMS and PeopleSoft installations.

 

I feel there are many advantages in using Oracle VM which I noticed. Feel free to post your comments and questions:

 

 

  1. It supports Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 & 5, RHEL 3, 4 & 5, besides Windows 2003, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP.
  2. I have tried installing Windows NT. It worked even though it is not supported. Not fully tested for all features. Feel free to write your comments if you find anything with NT on OVM.
  3. Can configure its own CPUs, Network Interface and storage.
  4. Browser based VM Manager
  5. Server Hardware does not require a host OS.

 

Where it can be advantageous for Oracle / PeopleSoft Architecture?
  1. Run training/QA/Dev/Sand Box in one hardware and especially when you are upgrading OS/RDBMS/PT versions, you need not provide for additional hardware.
  2. This is very much useful for Training institutes where they can create about dozens of VM Servers on one single hardware to let the trainees use and no need to invest on infrastructure.


Disadvantages:

  1. The PT versions allowed are only 8.49.07 and above. This does not mean that you can not install lower versions, for non production instances.

 

Comparision between Oracle VM and ESX VMware:

Name         Creator       Host CPU  Guest CPU                           Host OS(s)                               Guest OS(s)      License  
Oracle VMOracle CorporationIntel x86, x86-64, Intel VT-xIntel x86, x86-64, Intel VT-x• Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 and 5
• REL3, RHEL4 and RHEL5
• Windows 2003, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP are supported on Hardware Virtualized (HV) capable hardware
Microsoft Windows
Oracle Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Free
Commercial
Oracle VM is Xen on Red Hat
VMware ESX Server 3.0VMwarex86, AMD64x86, AMD64none (bare metal install)Windows, Red Hat, SuSE, Netware, SolarisProprietary

 

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If you want to know more about Oracle VM,  Allison Holloway's Blog might interest you.


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1. 06-13-2008 08:17
 
Where exactly the Oracle VM can be useful to a medium size companies which has few environments? 
 
For example, we have Peoplesoft Finance and HCM and have dev, test, pilot environments beside production. I do not see much of use when in such cases.
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Dinesh
2. 06-28-2008 13:45
 
It is difficult to generaly state on where and who should use the VM as it depends of every client's requirement. For example if you are having a demo for many versions to which you want go install and have your users try it out, then you can put them all in one box on differnt VM.
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RD
3. 07-08-2008 22:21
 
I also want to provide two more updates on Oracle VM. 
 
1. If you are on RAC, Oracle does not provide support for RAC on Oracle VM. 
 
2. VMware president and CEO, Diane Greene is leaving VMware and VMware's stocks Tanks. With this development, Oracle VM should gain some market share.
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