I have run RAC in vmware, even using a Vmware storage server, but I have never done it in production. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Matthew Zito <mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We have about 600-700 Oracle VMs running on VMware ESX with RHEL 4/5, > SLES, and Windows. They’re not really production, since we’re a software > development shop, but we use them pretty regularly. We have run into a > variety of issues running RAC on VMware, most of which we’ve been able to > work around, but single instance works fine. As far as Oracle support, they > only give us trouble support-wise with the RAC scenarios, and even then, > they have usually given us a couple of days of working the SR before saying, > “Recreate on physical and then we’ll talk to you”. > > > > All in all, a generally positive experience. > > > > Matt > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Scott Canaan > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:04 AM > *To:* oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* Anyone Running Oracle on VMWare? > > > > We currently run Oracle on Sun (now Oracle) Solaris servers in a > clustered environment. We’ve been told that we will be moving to a virtual > environment. There already is a VMWare cluster in the data center and we’ve > been told that we will most likely be moving in that direction. The > official word from Oracle is that unless we use their virtual environment, > then we will not be in a supported environment. > > > > My question is: Is anyone else running Oracle in the VMWare virtual > environment? If so, have you run into any issues and how much did Oracle > support help you? > > > > We are running Oracle 10g and 11g. > > > > Scott Canaan '88 (Scott.Canaan@xxxxxxx) > > (585) 475-7886 – work (585) 339-8659 - cell > > "Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it depends on what you put into > it." - Tom Lehrer. > > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'