Virtualizing Windows 2003 in Solaris 10 x86

Has anyone tried this with Qemu or Xen? Further, is Xen (xVM) available for Solaris 10?
Thank you.

check out the oem announcements in Schwartz's blog. There appears to be plans for complete support, not sure if that includes 2003 though.

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Dear All,
I'am trying to install XE onto a Windows 2003 Server 64 bit.. The installation process ends without any errors but the database itself seems not to start.
I tried several hints that have been mentioned here within the forum. But none of them worked. While experimenting I saw that there is not a single registry entry of Oracle within HKEY_LOCAL_MASCHINE\Software .
Is there a possiblity to set those needed registry entries manually? Is there a script for that purpose?
Thank you very much for your help!
Regards
Matthias

Hi,
thank you for your reply. As 32bit programs should run under Windows 64bit I thought the XE should run under 64bit, too.
The installation of XE itself seems to finish without any errors. But within the log files it can be read that the database has not started up due to a out of memory problem. This causes many log entries within all other logfiles as no database could be created.
The out of memory problem might be the same as within Advice on running XE on a small virtual Linux host ("Virtuozzo") because I am using a virtual windows 2003 server with "Virtuozzo", too.
At this time I am on discussing the issue with the provider. Maybe I will get a dedicated server with Windows Server 2003 64bit. Hopefully the XE could be installed on the 64bit Windows Server because 32bit dedicated servers are rare.
Best regards
Matthias

Best Practices for FMS on Windows 2003/Apache

We're experiencing problems where the flash videos being delivered from out 4GB Windows 2003 SP2/Apache machine hangs or don't play at all. Does anyone have any best practices as far as the configuration? May be we need to tweak some settings to get some stability here.

Hi Chandra,
Windows 2003 or Solaris.
Firlsty , I would like to clarify few points.
1. You server/Box might have 256 GB of RAM, but an application of essbase has a limitation of usage.It means, more does not work always. You need sufficient RAM.
2. YOu mentioned that huge database in tera bytes sits on server of 256 GB RAM. I would like to clarify that the actual storage of tera bytes of database actually resides on the network drives i.e SAN or NAS. It wont reside at the server it self( conventionally)
3. As the data size sounds mammoth , its ought to be on SAN or NAS. So the speed of the SAN disks , Raid config also play an important role in the overall Essbase experience
Now, coming to the windows or Solaris. I have n't heard exceptionally bad experices with either of them. OS is one other parameter which would determine the performance.
Hope this adds value
Sandeep Reddy Enti
HCC
http://hyperionconsultancy.com/

Why swap size error when I install ides ecc6.0 in windows 2003 x86

Hi,
   I feel very confusion why the installation prompts me that "Swap size are not meeting condition" when I install IDES 6.0 in windows 2003 server x86.
   The ides type: ECC 6.0, MS SQL server 2005, Windows 2003 server x86.
   It's windows, not linux, where is the swap space?
   Could somebody give me a kindly help?
   Thank and thank
Jason

Hi,
In Windows, Paging File Space (Virtual Memory Space) concept is called as similar to Swap space thing in Linux/Unix OS. Both terms are used for virtual memory concept as per OS.
Minimum 20 GB of Paging File spaces is required for the SAP Installation on Windows. So ,allocate them from different drives or from single drive partition of your available Hard disk space.
Follow this path [to change your existing Virtual Memory or Page File size in Windows|http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737315%28WS.10%29.aspx].
Control Panel -> system -> Advanced Tab -> Performance section-Settings -> Advanced Tab -> Virtual Memory ->Change
Regards,
Bhavik G. Shroff
Edited by: Bhavik G. Shroff on Feb 6, 2010 2:36 PM

Mounting a Solaris x86 CD/DVD from a remote Windows CD/DVD-ROM drive

Greetings, all.
Is it possible to mount a remote Windows CD/DVD-ROM drive? I have the Solaris 10x86 Companion Software DVD sitting in a CD/DVD-ROM drive that's installed on a Windows server on my network. It is shared-out (F:) and the two servers can ping each other. I've also confirmed the NFS services/daemons are running on the Solaris x86 machine. I've tried the following variations but, all have failed to produce successful results:
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nfs mount: x.x.x.x: : RPC: Program not registered
nfs mount: retrying: /mnt
# mount -F hsfs x.x.x.x:/f /mnt
mount: No such device
mount: cannot mount x.x.x.x:/f
# mount -F hsfs x.x.x.x:/F /mnt
mount: No such device
mount: cannot mount x.x.x.x:/F
[FYI: S10_106_SOFTWARE is the DVD's label as reported by Windows Explorer.]
# mount -F hsfs x.x.x.x:/S10_106_SOFTWARE /mnt
mount: No such device
mount: cannot mount x.x.x.x:/S10_106_SOFTWARE
# mount -F hsfs x.x.x.x:/s10_106_software /mnt
mount: No such device
mount: cannot mount x.x.x.x:/s10_106_software
# mount -F nfs x.x.x.x:/S10_106_SOFTWARE /mnt
nfs mount: x.x.x.x: : RPC: Program not registered
nfs mount: retrying: /mnt
# mount -F nfs x.x.x.x:/s10_106_software /mnt
nfs mount: x.x.x.x: : RPC: Program not registered
nfs mount: retrying: /mnt
# mount -F hsfs x.x.x.x:/f/s10_106_software /mnt
mount: No such device
mount: cannot mount x.x.x.x:/f/s10_106_software
# mount -F hsfs x.x.x.x:/F/s10_106_software /mnt
mount: No such device
mount: cannot mount x.x.x.x:/F/s10_106_software
# mount -F hsfs x.x.x.x:/f/S10_106_SOFTWARE /mnt
mount: No such device
mount: cannot mount x.x.x.x:/f/S10_106_SOFTWARE
# mount -F hsfs x.x.x.x:/F/S10_106_SOFTWARE /mnt
mount: No such device
mount: cannot mount x.x.x.x:/F/S10_106_SOFTWARE
I've also tried mounting it at bootup by adding the appropriate entry in the /etc/vfstab file but, this does not work as well. I've tried Google'ing for an answer to my issue but, I haven't been able to find anything that applies directly to what I'm reporting. It's usually chatter about mounting from one UNIX server to another. Any advice from the community would be greatly appreciated.

After three weeks, you deserve a reply. Windoze does
not natively support NFS.Also deserves a decent answer...
There are two ways to do this:
Install Microsoft's free "Windows Services for UNIX," which includes a Windows NFS server; or
Install the 'sharity' package (google for it); it provides Solaris systems the ability to mount Windows shares

The old allowing oracle 3GB virtual memory on windows 2003 server question?

Hi all,
I have a 9.2.0.7.0 database on windows 2003 server (32bit). 4 dual core cpu's and 16GB of Ram.
I have set .use_indirect_data_buffers=TRUE and *._enable_NUMA_optimization=FALSE.
The db_block_buffers is set at 4GB.
Shared_pool 200MB
Large_pool 56MB
Java pool 56MB
PGA is currently at 400MB
AWE_WINDOW_MEMORY is set at 720MB (which is the lowest I can set it)
At the moment there are various jobs running on the database and no users logged on and the virtual memory is at 1.8GB.
The problem is as soon as the users logs onto the DB the virtual memory goes over 2GB and we see the error 'ORA-04030: out of process memory when trying to allocate 2416 bytes'.
Now I have edited the boot.ini with the following parameters:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="UBS WSP - Wintel Server Platform with PAE" /fastdetect /PAE /4GT
because the /3GB parameter switch started the server with lots of errors.
The oracle.exe process still seems unable to go over the 2GB limit with getting 'ORA-04030' errors.
Can someone tell me if I have missed anything? Or a reason why oracle is not using the switch?
TIA
Eddy

Satish,
see metalink Note:1036312.6 : Utilizing Up to 3GB Virtual Memory on Windows.
it says :
"The 32-bit versions of the Windows® 2000 Advanced Server and Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition, operating systems were the first versions of Windows to provide applications with a 3-GB flat virtual address space, with the kernel and executive components using only 1 GB. In response to customer requests, Microsoft has expanded the availability of this support to the 32-bit version of Windows XP Professional and all 32-bit versions of Windows Server™ 2003."
of course, we mustn't be mistaken with the AWE switch (/PAE) that is not available for standard edition.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291988 ==> tells more about what can be supported
regards,
marc

Essbase 64 bit on Windows 2003 Server: Windows Virtual cache/ Paging File ?

Hi,
the speed of our nightly calculations seems to differ from day to day between 1 and 2 hours
I am wondering, what the correct setting for the windows paging file is ?
We use Windows 2003 64 Bit Server with 16 GB RAM
We run 1 Essbase application with 80 GB pag files with 4 GB Data Cache Setting and 1 GB Indexcache Setting in EAS console - on that server is actually nothing else running in production mode (just a few essbase-test application, usually offline)
what is the recommended setting on the windows level in the windows system properties for memory usage ?
We have:
Memory Usage: Adjust for best performance of "Programs" ;
Virtual Memory/Paging file on C-Drive: Custom Size, initial Size: 10 GB, maximum size 16 GB
when system was handed over from Oracle, we had 4 GB virtual memory - however in essbase manual, you read that the recommended value should be 3-5 times the physicial ram -
for me, the cache-bevahiour is strange anyway: if I watch taskmanager, I see in the middle of our 1 hour calculation the memory usage of Esssvr.exe Service using 7 GB of RAM, then the 16 GB RAM are used up at some point (paging file is 9 GB )- then suddenly nearly all the RAM get's cleared and ESSSVR.exe memory consumption goes down to 0 and from 0 increasing again-
looks to me, as all the cache for essbase get's deleted in the miiddle of the calculation, because RAM used up for paging files ?
Can anybody explain or give a clear directions, what to check ?
our application operates normally (no abnormal termination, no generation of *.xcp files)
(Essbase is installed on the 500 GB D-Drive)

Hi John,
thanks for the helpful link - the long discussion reminded me again, that pure cores and cache is not all, what makes up a good essbase application -
I will test with calcparallel 6 (in comparison to 4) on our 64bit environment - just to see if I can achieve a 10, 20 or 30% improvement...
In addition, I must admit, that 50% of our 1-2 hour calculation is calculated in serial/ not parallel... so I expect an additional 5 to 10 min improvement, not more.
Thank you for now

Windows 2003 Guest cannot access "SCSI" virtual Disks with /PAE enabled

I created a Windows 2003 EE R2 guest with 16 GB memeory, 48 GB System disk and 4 virtual SCSI disks for Microsoft Cluster services. It all worked, but limited Windows to 3.75 GB memory. When I added the /PAE option to boot.ini, the memory was available, but the virtual SCSI disks were unavailable. Has any else seen this behavior? Is there a work-around? since I need 4 additional virtual disks for the cluster, I cannot make them all IDE drives.

/OVS is on local storage and /OVS/sharedDisks is an OCFS2 formatted logical volume mounted from a Fiber Channel SAN.
--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/vievg/vie_data
VG Name vievg
LV UUID LQJc0N-HkIn-46gQ-RdXc-0eSn-iRVn-VckVbj
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status available
# open 2
LV Size 383.99 GB
Current LE 98301
Segments 3
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors 0
Block device 253:0
LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/cciss/c0d1p1 /OVS ocfs2 defaults 1 0
LABEL=/boot1 /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
LABEL=SW-cciss/c0d0p3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/vievg/vie_data /OVS/sharedDisk ocfs2 defaults 1 0
acpi = 1
apic = 1
boot = 'd'
builder = 'hvm'
device_model = '/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
disk = ['file:/OVS/running_pool/77_VHAISPMUL13A/System.img,hda,w',
'file:/OVS/sharedDisk/VHAISPCLU13_L.img,sdb,w!',
'file:/OVS/sharedDisk/VHAISPCLU13_P.img,sdc,w!',
'file:/OVS/sharedDisk/VHAISPCLU13_S.img,sdd,w!',
'file:/OVS/sharedDisk/VHAISPCLU13_Q.img,sda,w!',
'file:/OVS/iso_pool/Windows_2003/en_win_srv_2003_r2_enterprise_with_sp2_vl_cd1_X13-48610.iso,hdc:cdrom,r',
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memory = 16384
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on_crash = 'restart'
on_reboot = 'restart'
pae = 1
serial = 'pty'
timer_mode = 1
usbdevice = 'tablet'
uuid = 'ddab0147-6dde-4a2e-2c00-b883a16058ac'
vcpus = 2
vif = ['bridge=xenbr0,mac=00:16:3E:19:C1:E9,type=ioemu',
'bridge=xenbr1,mac=00:16:3E:55:17:AC,type=ioemu',
vif_other_config = []
vnc = 1
vncconsole = 1
vnclisten = '0.0.0.0'
vncpasswd = 'passw0rd'
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Swapping Entire JVM to Virtual Memory (1.4.2_15 / Windows 2003)

I am running *3 instances* of Apache Tomcat on Windows 2003 using JVM 1.4.2_15 with the following JVM options:
-server -Xmx768m -Xms512m -Xmn256m -Xss128k -verbose:gc
-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:SurvivorRatio=8
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How do I stop the JVM from using so much swap and utilize main memory instead?

If the JVM's pages are being swapped out, it's because the OS believes it would be better to use the memory for something else (e.g. file cache) because the JVM isn't using the memory.
So you could make the JVM more active, the rest of the system less active, or lock the pages in memory. I think the last option can be done with the -XX:+UseLargePages option: [http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/hotspot/largememory.jsp]. However, I think it requires Windows 2003.

Dual boot Solaris 10 / Windows 2003

Hi,
I have a computer with Windows 2003 installed and free disk space for more partitions.
My question is that if Solaris after being installed will recognise Windows and create entry for it in the boot system.
Any help would be apreciated.
Warm Regards,
M�rio Gamito

It will create default menu entry to boot call "grub". Best practis is install with unpatition space but be sure you are not applying dynamic disk on the disk otherwise it can't support dual boot.
Zulhaidi

CF8 on Windows 2003 64-bit (virtual?)

We are trying to bring up a new Windows 2003 64-bit server,
running both ColdFusion 8 and .NET Runtime 2.0
We are having multiple problems, and not much of anything is
running, and I am beginning to wonder whether there is a problem
with 32-bit CF8 and 64-bit .NET trying to run on IIS 6 at the same
time?
Does anyone have this kind of setup sucessfully installed?
Would like to get a few pointers.
Alternately, thinking about running a 32-bit virtual server
on the 64-bit OS, and installing CF8 in that virtual server.
Does this make sense for a PRODUCTION server?
Rick Colman

ColdFusion 8.01 is in beta currently and it has 64 bit
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Cant able to create windows 2003 server virtual machine.

hi,
i am trying to create a virtual machine with windows 2003 server(OS)..i have created a VM and insert a iso file into the VM.then start the vm..but after going through a couple of steps, when i enter to start the installation, it is showing that.."not find any hard disk drive installed on your computer"..
I need a quick solution.
Please give a answer as soon as possible.
Thanks,
NITHIN

Hi nithinfluent ,
Welcome to the communities.
Could you please specify the version , and please check the your product meeting HCL list .
"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."

Telnet from Windows PC is very slow to Solaris x86, after Net linked

(Sorry about the re-post. I posted in the wrong group earlier)
I got the following info from this forum, in regards to configuring my Solaris x86 to link to the Net:
# echo 192.168.0.1 > /etc/defaultrouter
# route add default 192.168.0.1
# echo nameserver 192.168.0.1 >> /etc/resolv.conf
# cp /etc/nsswitch.dns /etc/nsswitch.conf
So I did the above steps, reboot the Solaris, and my Solaris system can link to the Net fine afterwards. But ever since it had Net access, another problem is created.
Whenever I telnet using a command line from a Windows XP computer, it takes a long time to telnet to this Solaris system. Before, I would see the Solaris login prompt for telnet in a few seconds. Now, it's about 1 minute. Plus, if I try to use an xterminal software from that PC to link to the Solaris x86, it hangs.
So after I undo all the 4 commands above, reboot the Solaris computer, all these problems disappear. I can telnet from my Windows PC to this Solaris system very quickly. However, I no longer have Internet access from my Solaris.
Anyone knows how I can fix this problem? Thanks.

It sounds like a name resolution issue. Can you post the contents of your /etc/nsswitch.conf file for us?

Unable to install ACS on Microsoft windows 2003 Virtual Server

Hi,
I am trying to install Cisco Secure ACS on Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition which is hosted on a Microsoft Virtual Server, but the installation doesnt go beyond the enclosed screenshot.
Please let me know whether ACS can be installed on a Virtual Server or not.
thank you
Regards
Salim

We have ACS 4.0 installed in our lab systems on VM. Which VM are you running? ACS has been tested on and is only supported on VMware ESX 3.0 and later. Also, you need to have adequate resources allocated to the ACS/Windows VM instance.

Windows 2003 DHCP server merge to Solaris 10

Does anyone ever tried to merge a Windows2003 DHCP server to Solaris 10? Especially running this DHCP server in a solaris zone?
I have an old windows 2003 server with 100 DHCP clients that needs be be transported to Solaris so we can get rid of this Windows machine.
Is it possible to read the DHCP backupfile from windows2003 with Solaris?

Troy H wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an issue where I do not see SLP being deployed successfully from
> a Windows Server's DHCP scope options. All of the other options come
> through.
>
> I followed this MS doc: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285019
>
> As far as I can tell, it's setup correctly.
> Has anyone else setup SLP Options in MS and gotten them to work?
> Thank you,
> Troy
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Workstations that are imaged will receive SLP information as long as the
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Note that the Novell Client version can be 491 to 491 SP3.
However, if you rename the C:\windows\system32\novell\novdhcp.dll file,
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