Migrate Oracle VM to KVM easily and without reconfiguration
Oracle VM is end-of-life and is, since March 2021, in extended support1. In looking for a replacement hypervisor AMIS has turned to KVM. Oracle itself also uses KVM, albeit …
Category: Virtualization and Oracle VM
Resolving issue: Oracle Virtual Box and Windows 10 – Call to WHvSetupPartition failed VERR_NEM_VM_CREATE_FAILED
Like so many colleagues and fellow developers around the world, the latest Windows Update also messed up my machine’s ability to successfully run Oracle Virtual Box. When running vagrant …
Java programs as native executables: GraalVM is the answer!
TL;DR: • Using GraalVM Java applications can be compiled into native standalone executables (will be demonstrated). • Native executables of small Java programs startup blazingly fast, use considerably less …
VirtualBox networking explained
VirtualBox networking is extremely flexible. With this flexibility comes the challenge of making the correct choices. In this blog, the different options are explained and some example use cases …
Regenerate Oracle VM Manager repository database
Some quick notes to regenerate a corrupted Oracle VM manager repository database. How did we discover the corruption? The MySQL repository databases was increasing in size, the file “OVM_STATISTIC.ibd” …
Reclaiming a repository in a different or new Oracle VM Manager
For the upgrade of Oracle VM Server 3.1.1 to version 3.4.3 we decided to create a new repository and mount this repository to the current Oracle VM environment. After …
Hard Partitioning with Oracle VM Server
Some quick notes to “pin” (or hard partition) a virtual machine to a specific core. Download OVM utils which is found in patch 13602094 (Oracle Support): ORACLE VM 3.0 …
Quickly create a Virtualbox development VM with XE DB using Kickstart, Packer, Vagrant
The topic of quickly creating an Oracle development VM is not new. Several years ago Edwin Biemond and Lucas Jellema have written several blogs about this and have given …
Oracle Compute Cloud – Uploading My Image – Part Two – Linux 7
July 24, 2017
Cloud, Cyber Security, DevOps, IT, Platform Technology, Virtualization and Oracle VM
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In this sequel of part one I will show how you can upload your own (Oracle) Linux 7 image in the IAAS Cloud of Oracle. This post will use …
Virtualization on Windows 10 with Virtual Box, Hyper-V and Docker Containers
Recently I started working on a brand new HP ZBook 15-G3 with Windows 10 Pro. And I immediately tried to return to the state I had my previous Windows …
AWS – Build your own Oracle Linux 7 AMI in the Cloud
July 14, 2017
Cloud, Cyber Security, Database, IT, Oracle, Platform Technology, Virtualization and Oracle VM
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I always like to know what is installed in the servers that I need to use for databases or Weblogic installs. Whether it is in the Oracle Cloud or …
Ubuntu VM in VirtualBox: How to increase the size of a disk and make small(er) exports for distribution
Sometimes I create a VirtualBox disk for usage in a VM with a certain size. I think it will be enough for what I want to use the VM …
Network access to Ubuntu Virtual Box VM from host laptop
The context is: Windows laptop running Virtual Box. I have received a VM from a colleague that contains an Ubuntu (16.04 LTS ) based environment. The VM runs nicely. …
Oracle Database Appliance X6-2L and X6-2 HA, comparing the line
January 8, 2017
ODA, Engineered Systems, Platform Technology, Technology, Virtualization and Oracle VM
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A while ago I published an article about the ODA X6-2S and X6-2M, the new entry level machines for small business. And since then Oracle introduced the ODA X6-2L …
How to create a private 10 Gb network on an ODA X5-2
In my previous post Network considerations on an ODA X5-2 I described a solution where I created a private network to optimize network performance between the components running on …
Network considerations on an ODA X5-2
June 24, 2016
ODA, Architecture, Engineered Systems, Oracle, Platform Technology, Technology, Virtualization and Oracle VM
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When you buy an Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) X5-2 off the shelve, you will get a machine with four times 10Gb copper Ethernet (bonded into two interfaces) for public …
Oracle X5-2, from bare metal to VM Server. Without disks, without dvd drive.
April 23, 2016
AMIS, Platform Technology, Provisioning, Technology, Virtualization and Oracle VM
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Oracle offers a fine machine called the X5-2. Not to be confused with the ODA X5-2, which comes with sophisticated database software. The X5-2 is just bare metal. The …
Generate Docker Containerized Run Time and Design Time for Oracle StreamExplorer, Event Processor and JDeveloper using Vagrant, Puppet and VirtualBox
The objective of this article: prepare an environment for experimenting with Oracle StreamExplorer using two Docker containers inside a Linux VM running on my Windows laptop. And with the …
Simple Docker GUI for monitoring and managing containers and images – in combination with Vagrant and VirtualBox
I came across a simple Google Chrome Addon called Simple Docker GUI. It provide a GUI that allows for easy insight in and some management of Docker containers and …
Vagrant, Docker, VirtualBox and the Graphical Desktop for GUI applications in Docker Containers
Although perhaps not a common occurrence, I would still like to be able to sometimes run GUI applications inside a Docker container. This may be required because an installer …
Vagrant and Docker followed by Puppet to provision complex environments
The Docker container build process has some limitations. The Docker file can quickly become unwieldy. Besides, by and large the Docker file has us execution fairly low level instructions …
Vagrant and Docker – Next and Advanced steps with folders, ports, volumes, linking and more
This article is a continuation of the introduction to the combination of Vagrant and Docker that I started here: First steps with provisioning of Docker containers using Vagrant as …
First steps with provisioning of Docker containers using Vagrant as provider
Note: the next set of (more advanced) steps with Vagrant and Docker are discussed in this article: Vagrant and Docker – Next and Advanced steps with folders, ports, volumes, …
Upgrade OVM 3.2 to 3.3
Lately several people asked me how they should go about with upgrading their OVM 3.2.x environment to 3.3.x They have the backend repository running on an Oracle Database, which …
Very first experience with oracle Cloud Service
December 29, 2014
Cloud, Digtial Innovation, Oracle, Platform Technology, Virtualization and Oracle VM
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Recently I found myself in the unique position of having access to the beta version of the Oracle Cloud to get a glimpse at the future as Oracle sees …
SQL*Plus / SQL*Net Dead Connection Detection
November 28, 2014
Architecture, Database, Databases, DBA Oracle, Oracle, Oracle WebLogic Server, Platform Technology, Virtualization and Oracle VM
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Recently I came across the situation where I knew for a fact that my sessions to the database were dead because I pulled the power plug out of my application …
Guest template Oracle Linux 6.5 available on Exalogic
November 6, 2014
Cloud, Engineered Systems, Oracle, Platform Technology, Virtualization and Oracle VM
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When Oracle Exalogic is delivered in you data center and you implemented Exalogic as a virtual platform, the Exalogic Guest Base Template (EGBT) is based on Oracle Linux 5.8. …
14 augustus – Sessie ADF Data Visualisatie met Katarina Obradovic
Ben je een ADF ontwikkelaar? Houd dan donderdag 14 augustus vrij in je agenda! Want op die dag komt Katarina Obradovic, Product Manager voor ADF Data Visualizations, een sessie …
Provisioning an Oracle 11g database VirtualBox VM with Vagrant and Puppet for dummies
Outline This post shows you how to setup an Oracle 11g database VM with the use of Vagrant and Puppet in straightforward steps. Anybody can execute this without knowledge …
A short guide to networking in Virtual Box with Oracle Linux inside.
This post is intended to be a dummy guide, best practices, or whatever you call it… about setting up a network while working with virtual boxes on a desk- …
Configuring a private DNS server on Openfiler for use with Oracle RAC 12C on Virtual Boxes
December 30, 2013
AMIS, Architecture, Database, DBA Oracle, Oracle, Oracle 12, Virtualization and Oracle VM
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To build an Oracle 12C RAC database – on Virtual Boxes – there’s at least shared storage needed for ASM, and a DNS-server for the SCAN-addresses. Several methods can …
OVM Storage Repositories: Don’t overspend!
During the last few months, I have been asked a couple of times to assist in solving problems with crashing Virtual Machines in Oracle VM environments. Failing disk checks …
Driedaagse Oracle Service Bus (OSB) 11g training – 29, 30 en 31 januari 2014
Wil je als ontwikkelaar met Oracle Service Bus (OSB), onderdeel van de Oracle SOA Stack, aan de slag op een project; als beheerder OSB willen beheren en monitoren; of …
new Puppet 3 Weblogic provisioning module
November 24, 2013
Architecture, Cloud, Platform Technology, Provisioning, SOA, Virtualization and Oracle VM
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The last few weeks I was busy re-writing pf my puppet WLS module so it fully supports the power of Puppet 3 (thanks for more than 4000 downloads on puppet …
WebLogic -> FMW Provisioning update
October 26, 2013
Architecture, Cloud, Continuous Delivery, Development Tools, Oracle WebLogic Server, SOA, Virtualization and Oracle VM
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Already a year has passed since I wrote about WebLogic and Fusion Middleware provisioning with Puppet. In this year provisioning got a great boost with the popularity of DevOps …
Quick & Easy migrate VM from Oracle VM 2.x to 3.x
I have come across customers running their Virtual Machines (VM) on Oracle VM 2.x wanting to migrate them to Oracle VM 3.x Most of the time the engineers think …