Install Oracle VM Server 3
This post will describe the installation of Oracle VM Server 3.0.3 on a new system. For this purpose I configured a very nice server with lots of memory to create several Oracle VM guest which can run simultaneous.
Because Oracle VM Server will be the operating system, no other os is installed. Some screenshots are from an installation on VMWare because I couldn’t capture the actual screen, but forgive me for this.
Follow the next steps to install Oracle VM Server:
Passed RAC 11.2 expert exam
Passed the Oracle RAC 11g Release 2 and Grid Infrastructure Administration expert exam today!
Install Grid Infrastructure 11gR2 on OL6 and Oracle VM
This article is one in a series of describing how-to install Oracle VM Server and several Oracle VM guests.
In this article I will describe how-to install Grid Infrastructure 11gR2 (GI) on 2 Oracle Virtual Machines with Oracle Linux 6 as Operating System.
The steps described in this article will be:
- Create 2 virtual machines on the command line using a installation directory and a kickstart file
- Configure the virtual machines to be able to successfully install GI
- Add shared disks for the GI installations using disk local to the OVS or Openfiler NAS
- Install Grid Infrastructure 11gR2
- Install Oracle 11gR2 RDBMS Software
- Create an Oracle 11gR2 RAC database
The installation will take place on virtual machines with 4GB of memory.
This guide is for testing purposes only. It is not supported to run a production environment with a setup like described in this article.
For the installation we will use Oracle Linux 6.1 64-bit with the Oracle Linux Server-uek (2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64) kernel.
You must be aware that this is NOT a certified Oracle Linux version and kernel at the time this article is published.
All you read in this article is for testing purposes only, and don’t hold it against me if you use it otherwise.
Install OpenFiler 2.9 on Oracle VM
I am running an Oracle VM server at home. On this Oracle VM server I am running several Oracle virtual machines. Because I am planning to Install Grid Infrastructure 11R2 using Network Attached Storage (NAS)
I looked into the possibilities of free NAS software.
For this purpose free NAS software is a good option. But I have some requirements:
- NAS software must be free
- VPN software must be easy to configure
After some research I ended up with the following software:
- OpenFiler: Version 2.9
Install Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c on Oracle VM
This article describes how-to install Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c (OEM12c) on an Oracle Virtual Machine.
The steps described in this article will be:
- Create a virtual machine using virt-install and a kickstart file
- Install Oracle 11g (11.2.0.3) RDBMS Software
- Create Oracle 11gR2 database
- Install Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c
The installation will take place on a virtual machine with 8GB of memory. Based on the documentation and experience this is the bare minimum.
Install Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c on Oracle VM
Install Grid Infrastructure 11gR2 on Oracle VM
This paper is the forth in a series describing how-to install Oracle VM Server and several Oracle VM guests.
In this paper I will describe how-to install Grid Infrastructure 11gR2 (GI) on 2 Oracle Virtual Machines.
The steps described in this paper will be:
- Create 2 virtual machines on the command line using a installation directory and a kickstart file
- Configure the virtual machines to be able to successfully install GI
- Install Grid Infrastructure 11gR2
- Install Oracle 11gR2 RDBMS Software
- Patch GI and database software with latest GI bundle and PSU
- Create an Oracle 11gR2 RAC database
The installation will take place on virtual machines with 4GB of memory. This guide is for testing purposes only.
It is not supported to run a production environment with a setup like described in this paper.
Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 11g: Setting up the Software Library
With Enterprise Manager Grid Control it is possible to provision software. To be able to do this the Software Library in Enterprise Manager must be configured.
The software library is a repository to store software images and other related entities. These can be used to provision software, update software and servers. These provisioning procedures can be scheduled and are unattended.
Oracle VM Manager showing incorrect status of Virtual Machine
I had to reboot my Oracle VM Server because of hardware maintenance.
So I stopped the virtual machine guests running on the server by logging into the VM guest itself and executing the poweroff command.
After the restart of the Oracle VM Server and the VM guests one of the VM guests in Oracle VM Manager was showing the incorrect status of ‘Shutting down’.
Because I didn’t stop the VM guest using my VM Manager it caused it to be out of sync with the Oracle VM Manager database.
Depending on the version of Oracle VM Manager you are using there are some options to solve this issue.
Install Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 on Oracle Virtual Machine
This paper is the third in a series describing how-to install Oracle VM Server and several Oracle VM guests. In this paper I will describe how-to install Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 11g (OEM11g) on an Oracle Virtual Machine.
The steps described in this paper will be:
- Create a virtual machine using virt-install and a kickstart file
- Install Oracle 11g RDBMS Software
- Create Oracle 11g database
- Install java jdk
- Install Weblogic Server
- Install Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1
- Patch database, Enterprise Manager and Agent
The installation will take place on a virtual machine with 4GB of memory. For production systems a minimum of 8GB is recommended.
Setting up a VPN tunnel using OpenVPN
I thank this paper because of good advice of my good friend and colleague Rob den Braber.
I am running an Oracle VM server at home. On this Oracle VM server I am running several Oracle virtual machines. I would like to remotely access these virtual machines when I am not at home. For this purpose a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a good option. But I have some requirements:
- VPN software must be free
- VPN software must be available for Linux (Oracle Enterprise Linux) and Windows
- No tweaking of my currently used router (Sitecom WL-342 v2)
- VPN software must be easy to configure
After some research I ended up with the following software:
- OpenVPN, software for both running a VPN server and client
