Migrating a physical database server to a virtual server

we are migrating a physical database server to a virtual server what are the concerns?
the server name and IP address will stay the same

Database server on a virtual server sounds like a bad idea to me.
Databases are huge resource consumers, they require dedicated resources memory/cpu/IO/network.
In virtual settings all this is shared.
So, I predict that in virtual your performance and throughput will suffer greatly.
You can google pro's and con's of virtualized servers for more details.
However, as far as BO product is concerned - all we need is connectivity, if DB connect info doesn't change - we won't see no difference . (except above about performance)

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Database server on a virtual server sounds like a bad idea to me.
Databases are huge resource consumers, they require dedicated resources memory/cpu/IO/network.
In virtual settings all this is shared.
So, I predict that in virtual your performance and throughput will suffer greatly.
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How to import whole database (with data) from remote server?

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we use windows server 2003 service pack 2 in local server.

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I installed Oracle 9.2.0.4.0 Enterprise on a Windows 2003 se.
Then, I installed Oracle 9.2.0.4.0 Enterprise on Windows 2003 Enterprise SP1, a virtual server with 32 GB RAM end 8 CPU (4 really).
Both installations, have been successfully ended.
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Incredible ?
Not really...
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Then setting more CPUs than there are in real is not really a good idea.... :/
How is set up the real server ?
the virtual server ?

SJSW7-Directing virtual server log

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<url>file</url>
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<name>syntax</name>
<value>keyfile</value>
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<property>
<name>keyfile</name>
<value>keyfile</value>
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<mime-file>mime.types</mime-file>
<access-log>
<file>../logs/access</file>
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<http-listener>
<name>http-listener-1</name>
<port>80</port>
<server-name>peter-vm2-2003.memphis.edu</server-name>
<default-virtual-server-name>peter-vm2-2003.memphis.edu</default-virtual-server-name>
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<name>http-listener-2</name>
<port>83</port>
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<default-virtual-server-name>webtest</default-virtual-server-name>
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<host>webtest.memphis.edu</host>
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<name>uc</name>
<http-listener-name>http-listener-3</http-listener-name>
<host>uc.memphis.edu</host>
<object-file>uc-obj.conf</object-file>
<document-root>c:/webprod/uc</document-root>
<access-log>
<file>c:/webprod/logs/uc</file>
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# Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
# Use is subject to license terms.
# You can edit this file, but comments and formatting changes
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