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mhoys

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Nov 21, 2011, 4:29:37 AM11/21/11
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Hi,

I want to try out Oracle VM Server 3 but I don't have a dedicated
server or PC available.
Did anyone try to install Oracle VM Server on Oracle Linux on
VirtualBox on Windows 7 64-bit? Would be nice if this works...

Thanks,
Matthias

mhoys

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Nov 21, 2011, 5:31:46 AM11/21/11
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Correction to my post: Oracle VM Server doesn't need a pre-existing
operating system to install on. So this would be Oracle VM Server on
VirtualBox on Windows 7 64-bit...

Avi Miller

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Nov 23, 2011, 6:02:59 AM11/23/11
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On 2011-11-21 09:29:37 +0000, mhoys said:

> Did anyone try to install Oracle VM Server on Oracle Linux on
> VirtualBox on Windows 7 64-bit? Would be nice if this works...

This is not supported -- VirtualBox doesn't provide the full dmidecode
information required by the Oracle VM Server discovery process. Also,
there is little benefit to running a hypervisor inside a hypervisor: it
would be almost impossible to run anything meaningful within the
VirtualBox instance.

mhoys

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Nov 24, 2011, 3:44:34 AM11/24/11
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Well, I don't really care about support... this is for testing
purposes only.
As a matter of fact, I got Oracle VM Server 3.0.2 and Oracle VM
Manager 3.0.2 up and running, both on 2 VirtualBox virtual machines on
my Windows 7 64-bit desktop PC with 4 GB RAM. I used Oracle Linux 6.1
as the OS for VM Manager, and I choose the "Simple" install (using
Oracle XE as repository).
However, I'm unable to discover my VM Server from the VM Manager - so
your remark is probably correct.
Another issue is the memory usage: my VM Server currently has 1 GB and
the VM Manager has 1,5 GB, so there's not much free memory left to
create any additional virtual machines...

Thanks for the feedback,
Matthias Hoys

Jack

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Nov 24, 2011, 4:05:10 AM11/24/11
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"mhoys" <matthi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Try vmware, technically very, very good.
http://www.vmware.com/solutions/partners/alliances/oracle.html

N.B. if really doing something money/business related ....
http://weinshenker.net/blog/2011/04/03/licensing-oracle-vmware-vsphere/
http://weinshenker.net/blog/2010/05/28/oracle-licensing-under-vmware-and-how-to-get-the-best-bang-for-your-buck/




mhoys

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Nov 24, 2011, 4:18:43 AM11/24/11
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On Nov 24, 10:05 am, "Jack" <n...@INVALIDmail.com> wrote:
> "mhoys" <matthias.h...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:b5c225e4-f477-4fc7...@q11g2000vbq.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I want to try out Oracle VM Server 3 but I don't have a dedicated
> > server or PC available.
> > Did anyone try to install Oracle VM Server on Oracle Linux on
> > VirtualBox on Windows 7 64-bit? Would be nice if this works...
>
> > Thanks,
> > Matthias
>
> Try vmware, technically very, very good.http://www.vmware.com/solutions/partners/alliances/oracle.html
>
> N.B. if really doing something money/business related ....http://weinshenker.net/blog/2011/04/03/licensing-oracle-vmware-vsphere/http://weinshenker.net/blog/2010/05/28/oracle-licensing-under-vmware-...

I already know VMWare, I just wanted to try out Oracle VM Server to
compare it...

Thanks,
Matthias

Avi Miller

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Nov 30, 2011, 6:10:09 PM11/30/11
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On 2011-11-24 08:44:34 +0000, mhoys said:

> However, I'm unable to discover my VM Server from the VM Manager - so
> your remark is probably correct.

Yes, that's what I meant: VM Manager cannot complete discovery of VM
Server running under VirtualBox as it doesn't provide all the hardware
information required during discovery. It will always fail.

Cheers,
Avi

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