Oracle on VMWare: Expert Tips for Database Visualization

Description

Successfully meeting the challenges of combining VMware and Oracle, this comprehensive reference provides a broad spectrum of technological recommendations that demonstrate how to reliably and consistently achieve optimal configuration and maximum performance for any virtualized Oracle database scenario. The guide includes the best practices for virtualized servers, suggested virtualization server configuration, and recommendations for client operating system configuration for Oracle in a virtualized world. With real-world examples and highly applicable advice, this handbook also details the complexities of designing, configuring, maintaining, and tuning Oracle database deployments, making it a complete compendium for keeping virtualized Oracle databases in top form.

CONTENTS:

Preface

Prologue

Enter Oracle vmware

A brief history of Oracle virtualization

The second age of mainframe computing

Chapter 1:Introduction

What is Virtualization?

Virtualization's Popularity

Virtualization's Benefits

Virtualization Support

Why VMware

Future Trends

Oracle's Own VM

Conclusion

Chapter 2:Architecture

Reasonable Choices

Performance Ramifications

Ever Increasing Abstraction

Virtualized Oracle Architecture

Additional Complexities

Conclusion

Chapter 3:Host Setup

Host Impacts

Hardware Considerations

BIOS Basics

Host OS Selection

Host OS Install

Incremental Host Tuning

Optimize by Subsystem

Optimizing Linux

Optimizing Windows

Quick Reference

Conclusion

Chapter 4:Guest Setup

Virtual Impacts

Virtual Ramifications

VM Creation

VM Customization

Incremental Guest Tuning

Optimize by Subsystem

Quick Reference

Conclusion

Chapter 5:Oracle 11g Setup

Overview

Preparation

Host Setup

VMware Host Settings

Client Operating System

Oracle 11g Software Install

Create the Demo Database

DB Auto-Start

Conclusion

Chapter 6: Pseudo RAC Setup

Overview

Preparation

VMware Host Settings

Virtual Machine Setup

Client Operating System

Oracle 10G Software Install

Create the RAC Database

RAC Auto-Start

Conclusion

Chapter 7: True RAC Setup

Overview

RAC and VM Compatibility

Preparation

VMware Host Settings

Virtual Machine Setup

Remaining Steps Same

Other Things that Matter

Conclusion

Chapter 8: Performance Comparisons

Overview

The Benchmarking Process

Benchmarking Quick Bites

Benchmarking Best Practices

Selecting Among Benchmarks

Relative Results

Conclusion

Chapter 9: Additional Tuning Thoughts

Overview

Two Basic Approaches

Why Two Approaches

Yet a Third Dimension

Virtualization Wrinkles

Interesting Possibilities

Conclusion

Chapter 10: Oracle Virtual Appliances

Overview

Software Delivery

Content Delivery

Repository Platforms

Application Development

Education & Learning

Book's Virtual Machine

Conclusion