Translate from vmware player to vmware workstation 9

Question

Hello team,
I have a strange problem when translating a VM running on my previous XP PC with vmware player (Os Linux red hat with Oracle 11g for the VM) to Vmware Workstation 9 running on my next Windows 8 PC.
The VM is composed of 2 disks.
How I proceed this operation :
1 : Copy the 2 disks on the according directory.
2 : Create the VM using these 2 disks.
3 : Starts the VM (OK).
4 : Run the Oracle Database (KO).
An error Oracle message below :
SQL> startup
ORA-24324: service handle not initialized
ORA-24323: value not allowed
ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel
SQL>
The VM has been created with the same caracteristics as in Vmware Player (4.01 build-528992) running on Notebook Dell Windows 7), 2 cpus.
The VM has been created on my new Notebook in Windows 8.
The difference between thes 2 Notebooks is perhaps the processor (Intel Core i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz, 4 coeurs, 8 processors) for the original Notebook, and in the target Notebook (Processeur AMD A8-4500M APU with Radeon (tm) HD Graphics, 1900 MHz, 4 coeur(s), 4 processeur(s) logique(s).
At this time, I don't find any real solution from Oracle Web sites.
Perhaps, have you any response to this problem ?
Thank's a lot for your feed back.

Answer 1

m.**** wrote:
Hello team,
I have a strange problem when translating a VM running on my previous XP PC with vmware player (Os Linux red hat with Oracle 11g for the VM) to Vmware Workstation 9 running on my next Windows 8 PC.
The VM is composed of 2 disks.
How I proceed this operation :
1 : Copy the 2 disks on the according directory.
2 : Create the VM using these 2 disks.
3 : Starts the VM (OK).
4 : Run the Oracle Database (KO).
An error Oracle message below :
SQL> startup
ORA-24324: service handle not initialized
ORA-24323: value not allowed
ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel
SQL>
The VM has been created with the same caracteristics as in Vmware Player (4.01 build-528992) running on Notebook Dell Windows 7), 2 cpus.
The VM has been created on my new Notebook in Windows 8.
The difference between thes 2 Notebooks is perhaps the processor (Intel Core i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz, 4 coeurs, 8 processors) for the original Notebook, and in the target Notebook (Processeur AMD A8-4500M APU with Radeon (tm) HD Graphics, 1900 MHz, 4 coeur(s), 4 processeur(s) logique(s).
At this time, I don't find any real solution from Oracle Web sites.
Perhaps, have you any response to this problem ?
Thank's a lot for your feed back.I can assure you that
- Oracle knows nothing about the underlying hardware
- Oracle knows nothing about VMplayer vs. VMworkstation
- Oracle doesn't even know it's running on a vm.
- Oracle is too dumb to lie about its error messages.
And since you vm itself successfully started after the migration, you should quit wasting your time worrying about that and trust the oracle error message as reported. Work the message exactly as you would if it were running on a physical machine.
What is the OS of the VM?
What version of Oracle?