Install RAC using vmware

Hi,
I am trying to install RAC 10g using vmware . I have windows vista 64bit as host OS. Now the problem i am facing during installation of vmware . if i try to install vmware server it's not being installed on vista as its not been supported by vista 64bit OS. if i try to install vmware workstation 6.5 it install fine but again it doesn't support clustering hence can't proceed with installation. Does some has installed RAC on same kind of configuration . Please share with me. Would be a great help.
Edited by: user7245803 on Jul 2, 2009 10:12 AM

You MUST NOT use VMware Server to try install RAC!
You CAN DO it with VMware Workstation 6.5!
When use VMware Workstation 6.5 you get the message:
Clustering is not support for VMWare Workstation
This can ignored!
Important: When creating shared disks, the disk must be of type 4(preallocated ESX-type virtual disk)
Step by step: How to create shared disks with VMWare Worksation 6.5
[for Linux RAC|http://d-h-n.de/blog/?p=430]
[for Windows RAC|http://d-h-n.de/blog/?p=38]
(My Env: Windows XP sp.2, VMWare Workstation 6.5 beta)

Similar Messages

Putting Oracle Apps 11i on 10g RAC using VMware

Hello All,
I am building a Oracle Applications 11i on 10g RAC, using VMware..Since there aren't any docs I could find on internet explaining how to do this, I have come up with my own. I have combined the MEtalink doc:362135.1 and the docs describing building a 10gRAC "database" using VMware..I want to know if the below process is good enough to get the required results:
Steps:
-Install VMware on HOST m/c
-Configure 1st virtual m/c, say RAC1
-Install RHEL on RAC1
-Install 11i with 9i database on the local SCSI bus- SCSI 0:0
-Install VMware client tools
-Create a new ethernet adapter(for private interconnect) on RAC1
-Create shared disks on RAC1
-Partition the disks
-Add the disks as RAW devices in /etc/rawdevices
-Clone RAC1 to a new virtual m/c,say RAC2
-Delete the 11i apps directories from its local SCSI bus..since these would be redundant on RAC2
-Install Clusterware s/w on RAC1 using the same oraInventory that is used by the Applications 11i installation-
-Install the 10g DB software and create ASM instances using dbca
-Install Database componenets from 10g companion CD
-Upgrade CRS abd DB s/w to 10.2.0.4
-Upgrade the 9i database to 10g using dbua from the 10g ORACLE_HOME
-Convert the newly upgraded 10g databse to RAC using the rconfig tool
-Post migration steps for RAC
-Enable AutoConfig on the Applications Database tier
- Follow the "Establish Applications Environment for RAC" section from Doc:362135.1
-Configure PArallel Concurrent Processing(PCP)
Thanks,
Sandeep

(Considering that there are only 2 nodes the scenario the steps would be as follows:
1. Install RAC using the steps provided at the link:
http://oracle-base.com/articles/10g/OracleDB10gR2RACInstallationOnCentos4UsingVMware.php
2.On RAC1 create a single instance of Oracle 11i (Both DB and Apps are on the same node)
3. Follow the steps outlined in the Note:362135.1
One thing to note is that the steps are the same whether the nodes are real or virtual.

Installing SAP using VMware on Windows Vista

Hi Everyone!
I recently bought a laptop with Windows Vista preinstalled in it.
I know that i cannt install SAP into it without VMware.
Can anyone guide me through the steps to install SAP onto my Laptop using VMware on windows vista.
Thanks.
A newbee

Hi Markus,
I have same situation of Rahul Agarwal.
I bought a laptop with Windows Vista preinstalled.
I am begging in SAP World, i just finished an ABAP Academy and now I wish to install "SAP NetWeaver 7.0 - ABAP Trial"(downloaded from sdn.sp) to practice and improve my studies to certification.
I read some other problems placed in this sdn.sap Forum and got by some people that Windows Vista are not suportted and by anothers that its supported using VMWare.
I tried access the link you mentioned "http://service.sap.com/instguides"
but i am not authorized :o(
Could you please send me the detail about about VMWAre, etc... if its possible ?
Regards,
Many thanks in advance,
André Akio
Brazil

Step by step clean install for using VMware

Does any one have their own notes that they can share for a clean install using this VMware kit?

What you mean with "clean install" in this case?

Problem of using OCFS2 as shared storage to install RAC 10g on VMware

Hi, all
I am installing a RAC 10g cluster with two linux nodes on VMware. I created a shared 5G disk for the two nodes as shared storage partition. By using OCFS2 tools, i formatted this shared storage partition and successfully auto mounted it on both nodes.
Before installing, i use the command "runcluvfy.sh stage -pre crsinst -n node1,node2" to determine the installation prerequisites. Everything is ok except an error "Could not find a suitable set of interfaces for VIPs.". By searching the web, i found this error could be safely ignored.
The OCFS2 works well on both nodes, i formatted the shared partition as ocfs2 file system and configure o2bc to auto start ocfs service. I mounted the shared disk on both nodes at /ocfs directory. By adding an entry into both nodes' /etc/fstab, this partition can be auto mounted at system boots. I could access files in shared partition on both nodes.
My problem is that, when installing clusterware, at the stage "Specify Oracle Cluster Registry", I enter "/ocfs/OCRFILE" for Specify OCR Location and "/ocfs/OCRFILE_Mirror" for Specify OCR Mirror Location. But got an error as following:
----- Error Message ----
The location /ocfs/OCRFILE, entered for the Oracle Cluster Registry(OCR) is not shared across all the nodes in the cluster. Specify a shared raw partition or cluster file system that is visible by the same name on all nodes of the cluster.
------ Error Message ---
I don't know why the OUI can't recognize /ocfs as shared partition. On both nodes, using command "mounted.ocfs2 -f", i can get the result:
Device FS Nodes
/dev/sdb1 ocfs2 node1, node2
What's the possible wrong? Any help is appreciated!
Addition information:
1) uname -r
2.6.9-42.0.0.0.1.EL
2) Permission of shared partition
$ls -ld /ocfs/
drwxrwxr-x 6 oracle dba 4096 Aug 3 18:22 /ocfs/

Hello
I am not sure how far this following solution is relevant to your problem (regardless when it was originally posted - may help someone who is reading this thread), here is what I faced and here is how I fixed it:
I was setting up RAC using VMWare. I prepared rac1 [installed OS, configured disks, users, etc] and the made a copy of it as rac2. So far so good. When, as per the guide I was following for RAC configuration, I started OCFS2 configuration, faced the following error on RAC2 when I tried to mount the /dev/adb1:
===================================================
[Root @ *rac2* ~] # mount - t ocfs2 - o datavolume, nointr / dev / sdb1 / ocfs
ocfs2_hb_ctl: OCFS2 DIRECTORY corrupted WHILE reading uuid ocfs2_hb_ctl: OCFS2 DIRECTORY corrupted WHILE reading uuid
mount.ocfs2: Error WHEN attempting TO run / sbin / ocfs2_hb_ctl: "Operation not permitted" mount.ocfs2: Error WHEN attempting TO run / sbin / ocfs2_hb_ctl: "Operation not permitted"
===================================================
After a lot of "googling around", I finally bumped into a page, the kind person who posted the solution said [in my words below and more detailed ]:
o shutdown both rac1 and rac2
o in VMWare, "edit virtual machine settings" for rac1
o remove the disk [make sure you drop the correct one]
o recreate it and select *"allocate all disk space now"* [with same name and in the same directory where it was before]
o start rac1 and login as *"root"* and *"fdisk /dev/sdb"* [or whichever is/was your disk where you r installing ocfs2]
Once done, repeat the steps for configuring OCFS2. I was successfully able to mount the disk on both machines.
All this problem was apparently caused by not choosing "allocate all disk space now" option while creating the disk to be used for OCFS2.
If you still have any questions or problem, email me at [email protected] and I'll try to get back to you at my earliest.
Good luck!
Muhammad Amer
[email protected]

How to change permissions on shared storage to install Oracle RAC on vmware

Hello:
- I am trying to install Oracle RAC using vmware.
- But when I try to change permissions for the shared storage,
the owner and group of the shared storage does not change.
- Has some else installed Oracle RAC onto vmware ?
- I am using Oracle RAC 10.2.0, solaris 5.10 x86
Thanks
Jlem

I have successfully installed RAC on vmware following this article, maybe you can give it a try,
Oracle 10g RAC On Linux Using VMware Server
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/10g/OracleDB10gR2RACInstallationOnCentos4UsingVMware.php

Oracle RAC Installation on personal computer using VMWare

Please can you tell me the steps to Install Oracle 10g RAC using VMware in my personal computer which is a dual core processor and no Hardware RAID avaialable?

Hi,
It is many steps...
Windows
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/10g/OracleDB10gR2RACInstallationOnWindows2003UsingVMware.php
Linux
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/10g/OracleDB10gR2RACInstallationOnCentos4UsingVMware.php
That is basic installation in production is different eg.
put CRS_HOME in place where root is owner of parent directory, apply patchset after every component eg. install crs and then patch crs, instal asm then patch asm ....
you have to patch crs because of UNKNOWN statuses
Regards

How to install Oracle RAC using 11gR2 on Win 7 32 bit from scratch?

Hiii,
I am a fresher and I have a win 7 system 32 bit with oracle 11gR2.
I want to install RAC using two or more servers but I dont know too much about it.
I tried to search on google but all they are giving information in pieces(for win 7) or about Linux(Please tell me why its all Linux everywhere not windows).
Please let me know if there any site where I can find step by step installation from scratch.
What are basic requirements(/software if needed).
Thank you.

Hi,
First of all forget about Windows!! Oracle is mainly designed for Linux systems. Oracle runs as real multi-process on Linux machines whereas on Windows it runs as a single process with multi-thread.
Memory usage - huge pages,single CPU run queue, dnfs, storage systems... etc. lots of concepts exists.
Besides Windows is one of the most poorly designed operating systems, you should use it only to watch cute kitten movies on youtube... Believe me, you wouldn't want to learn Oracle on Windows...
So, install virtualbox and then setup Oracle Enterprise Linux on it as a first step... By the way you have to deal with DNS server for release 11.X, RAC, you may start with 10g for now.
ORACLE-BASE has all the installation steps explained detailly, search for "oracle base rac install" on google.
I also explained on my blog, but it is a little bit advanced installation using ZFS storage simulator. DNS server installation is also explained: http://ilkertaysi.com/2013/11/11/oracle-rac-installation-with-zfs-storage/

Install RAC failed with root.sh error while loading shared libraries: libst

Hi ,
I install rac under vmware workstation using this atricle .
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/10g/OracleDB10gR2RACInstallationOnCentos4UsingVMware.php
everything work smoothly but I faced error with root.sh
Failed to upgrade Oracle Cluster Registry configuration
I found metlalink talk about missing compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.ia64.rpm and must be installed according to
that .
The probelm rasied when run
/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/crs/bin/crsctl.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot
open shared object file: No such file or directory
Failure initializing entries in /etc/oracle/scls_scr/rac2.
Linux version is RHE4
[oracle@rac1 bin]$ uname -a
Linux rac1.localdomain 2.6.9-55.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Apr 20 17:03:35 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
when install this package it does not work
[root@rac1 RPMS]# rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.ia64.rpm
warning: compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.ia64.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID b38a8516error: Failed
dependencies:
libc.so.6.1()(64bit) is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.ia64 libc.so.6.1(GLIBC_2.2)(64bit)
is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.ia64 libc.so.6.1(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit) is needed by compat-
libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.ia64 libgcc_s.so.1()(64bit) is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.ia64
libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0)(64bit) is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.ia64 libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.3)(64bit)
is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.ia64 libgcc_s.so.1(GLIBC_2.0)(64bit) is needed by compat-
libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.ia64 libm.so.6.1()(64bit) is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.ia64
compat-libstdc++ = 7.3-2.96.128 is needed by (installed) compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.128.i386 compat-
libstdc++ = 7.3 is needed by (installed) compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386[root@rac1 RPMS]#
My probelm cannot install this packages ? What shoudl I do .

user12010537 wrote:
Hi ,
I found metlalink talk about missing compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.ia64.rpm and must be installed according to
Linux version is RHE4
[root@rac1 RPMS]# rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.ia64.rpm
warning: compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.ia64.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID b38a8516error: Failed
dependencies:
libc.so.6.1()(64bit) is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.ia64
My probelm cannot install this packages ? What shoudl I do .
Hi,
You need to install the dependency package first like glibc, etc
also see the output from runcluvfy, it should show which packages need to installed
Cheers

10 RAC on vmware OEL5 Error

Hi
I am trying to install RAC on vmware (10gr2 , OEL5) using two virtual machines named RAC1 and RAC2
i am able to do ssh rac1 date and ssh rac2 date without password.
But while installing clusterware i get following on the command prompt.
Caught Cluster ExceptionPRKC-1044 : Failed to check remote command execution setup for node rac1.localdomain using shells /usr/bin/ssh and /usr/bin/rsh
rac1.localdomain: Connection refused
[PRKC-1044 : Failed to check remote command execution setup for node rac1.localdomain using shells /usr/bin/ssh and /usr/bin/rsh
rac1.localdomain: Connection refused]
[PRKC-1044 : Failed to check remote command execution setup for node rac1.localdomain using shells /usr/bin/ssh and /usr/bin/rsh
rac1.localdomain: Connection refused
[PRKC-1044 : Failed to check remote command execution setup for node rac1.localdomain using shells /usr/bin/ssh and /usr/bin/rsh
rac1.localdomain: Connection refused]]
is it normal??? am i missing something.
Khurana

Yes, SSH equivalence is some thing you will need for clusterware install, operations, any future node additions and any kind of Oracle Home propagation. Get cluvfy's opinion on ssh equivalence, if cluvfy thinks it is working, it will work.
I would certainly run cluvfy before and after clusterware installation. Check out cluvfy documentation for pre crsinst and post crsinst options. Make sure to address all cluvfy errors and warnings before you proceed from each stage to the next stage of your RAC installation.
Good luck

Using VMware Not ping between two nodes.

Dear All,
I am installing the Linux and Installing the RAC using VMWare. Shared disk and all things were done. But not ping between the two nodes.
Regards
Prasannavenkatesh.K

I have previously made entry in /etc/hosts file.
now i am able to ping all the nodes no problem
thnks
now i have a problem in installing oracle crs in RAC1
I login to RAC1 as the oracle user and start the Oracle CRS installer
and while the specify the cluster configuration screen, i came across the error
"The installer has detected the existence of 10g oracle
clusterware on the remote node rac2 however, 10g oracle doesn't exist in the local node If
u wish to upgrade and existing 10g release 2 ,then u must start the installer on a mode "
thnks in anticipation
prassana

Can I install RAC in my pc computer?

I am learning RAC, trying to install RAC on my PC computer.
Both computer are dell, same configuration, and each computer has two network cards.
I have another USB external hard disk, used for the storage, is that doable?
Now I will try to install linux + oracle 10g + 10g RAC, is that doable?
do I need other hardware or software?
appreciated for any suggestions.
Thanks.

The easiest would be to install the virtual software like Virtual Box(free and from Oracle) ad install RAC using it. If you want to physical machines, try to arrange a third machine whose disk you can use as a shared hard drive using a software called Openfiler( http://www.openfiler.com/) . This would be closest that you would be able to get to a production box. If you really want to spend money than you can buy an old shared storage from Ebay.
Aman....

RAC using templates /u01 corrupt file system

Hi,
newbie to the forum - please be gentle ;o)
Trying to install RAC using virtualbox and templated. Get to the point of just before first boot interview when vnc'd into the virtual machines. But the boot fails with a corrupt /u01. ANyone had corrupt /u01 before ? How to stop it happening ? I tried to continue by using "fsck -a" but it would not allow automatic fix. So I tried manually going through each error ( but there are thousands ). Also tried taking /u01 out of fstab to get first interview. But then the installed failed after doing buildcluster.sh due to same issue ( corrupt /u01 ).
Have tried creating new VMs - always getting corrupt /u01.
Any thoughts / ideas welcome.
Thanks.

Arf,
I am new to RAC. I analyzed Alejandro's script. He is main connection is to the first instance; then through sql*plus, he gets connected to the second instance. he exits the second instance and starts with RMAN backup to the database . Therefore the backup to the database is done from the first instance.
I do not see where he setenv again to change to the second instance to run RMAN to backup the second instance. It looks to me that the backup is only done to the first instance, but not to the second instance. I may be wrong, but I do not see the second instance backup.
Kindly, I request your assistance on the steps/connection to backup the second instance. Thank you so much!! Terry

How to install oracle RAC 11g on oracle linux 5 using vmware workstation ?

Hello;
I need to Install Oracle RAC 11g R2 with database 11g ( 2 nodes ) but by using vmware workstation ( not server 2) on oracle linux 5-6 .
So any document can help me please ..
regards.

http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/11g/oracle-db-11gr2-rac-installation-on-ol5-using-vmware-server-2.php
http://appsdbaworkshop.blogspot.in/2011/10/11gr2-rac-on-linux-56-using-vmware.html
http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.in/2009/12/11gr2-rac-on-vmware-part-one.html

Installing Oracle 10g rac on linux 4 using vmware :problem

Hi Expert ,
I'm facing problem on installing oracle 10g rac on centos 4x using vmware, installation is showing errors . The command failed are oifcfg, cluvfy
on running ./cluvfy stage -post crsinst -n rac1,rac2
error:
OCR integrity found invalid for rac1
OCR integrity found invalid for rac2
Please advice...
regards,
Shaan

hi Experts,
orccheck failed for one of the node, can you please suggest what needs to be done now..
filename :/dev/raw/raw1
error "device/file integrity check failed"
error "device not configured"
Regards
Message was edited by:
Shaan_dmp

Install RAC using vmware

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for