Oracle VM and Clustering

Hi All,
Is it possible to set up cluster database using Oracle VM?
Regards,
DBA

Hi,
The VM Guest is currently restricted to be:
* paravirtualized
* OEL 5.1
* 32-bit linux
The OEL 5.1 "PV Large x86" template that is available on [http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/vm/templates.html], should do it for a RAC node. It contains the oracle-validated RPM.
More restrictions/requirements apply for the remaining components; see the white paper for the full list.
The database templates are for single instance only.
A fresh RAC install on a cluster of VMs is more straight foreward.
Cheers
Edited by: mmeijn on Oct 7, 2008 4:35 PM

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