[racattack] Re: RACAttack on steroids (how to speed up deployment) We need volunteers for implementation
- From: Yury Velikanov <j.velikanovs@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "racattack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <racattack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:08:51 +0200
BTW: Nothing stopping us from using ASMLib for "steroids" option is it
simplifies setup and development time :-)
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On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Marcin Przepiorowski <pioro1@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hi Ludovico,
>
> Udev - you are right - that's actually will be more challenging part :
> 1. we have to create empty ASM VDI disk to keep WWIDs for udev
> 2. create a init script build in into Linux to discover new disks and map
> it on BOTH sides ;)
>
> Both are possible - number 1 looks much easier and compression ratio of
> empty disk is typically very good ;)
>
> regards,
> Marcin
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Ludovico Caldara <
> Ludovico.Caldara@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Marcin,
>> udev, not asmlib :-)
>>
>> It's a pity that we need to stop just before the boring part.
>> If we go with VDIs, we should document how to verify if the disks and
>> networking components are ok after plugging them into Vbox, or the
>> installation will fail.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Ludovico Caldara
>> Senior Consultant
>> Infrastructure Managed Services
>>
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>> *Da:* racattack-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [racattack-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> per conto di Marcin Przepiorowski [pioro1@xxxxxxxxx]
>> *Inviato:* lunedì 20 gennaio 2014 10.47
>> *A:* racattack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Oggetto:* [racattack] Re: RACAttack on steroids (how to speed up
>> deployment) We need volunteers for implementation
>>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I can prepare a VDI - no problem at all. My understanding is that we can
>> install all prerequisites and
>> configure ASMLib to make it ready for CRS installation ? Yury is that
>> correct ?
>>
>>
>> regards,
>> Marcin
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Yury Velikanov
>> <j.velikanovs@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Team,
>>>
>>> I don't want to hijack the thread just want to through an additional
>>> idea.
>>> While scripting could speed up the setup it will require some
>>> development efforts + portability to other platforms.
>>>
>>> On the other hand as VBox and OLinux are opened (GNU) products nothing
>>> stopping us to create VDI disk with OS pre-installed and RAC setup done. We
>>> publish it on the net and pass it to participants via USB (we can do it as
>>> those are GNU).
>>> The only thing that participants will need to do is to go through VBOX
>>> VM hosts setup. This is where VBOX scripts could be handy :)
>>>
>>> If we combine those two methods the setup (for those who want) could
>>> be significantly faster :)
>>>
>>> NOW WE NEED A VOLUNTEERS who would be willing to configure VM VDI
>>> files as close to RAC install as possible (exactly following existing 12c
>>> RAC Attack instructions), test the VDI with other volunteer and publish it
>>> to public along with instructions how to use it.
>>>
>>>
>>> PS: BTW Bjoern as far as I know *I may be wrong* Windows version of
>>> VirtualBox is slightly different. On couple of occasions I didn't find
>>> commands available on on other platforms).
>>>
>>> What do you think about the idea?
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>> Yury Velikanov
>>> Oracle ACE Director
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Marcin Przepiorowski
>>> <pioro1@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>
>>>> I'm using VBoxManage in my scripts - I can do it more portable to
>>>> other OS-es but I don't have a Mac. So I can do Windows / Linux but someone
>>>> has to do Mac.
>>>>
>>>> Do we have a common github for scripts like for a book ?
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>> Marcin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Bjoern Rost <b.rost@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Good morning,
>>>>>
>>>>> > I have a quick question about VBOX activities automatisation scripts
>>>>> (create VMs, creating storage, defining VM network interfaces etc). Would
>>>>> those scripts be dependents on OS of a workstation? As of based on my
>>>>> experience participants have 3 OS types: Win 7, Win 8, Mac OS. Is it
>>>>> possible to write one set of scripts to be used on popular platforms?
>>>>>
>>>>> I think so. VirtualBox comes with a commandline interface called
>>>>> VBoxManage. The subcommands used to control the VMs are the same on all
>>>>> host platforms (as far as I know). Of course, some of the paths (where to
>>>>> put the virtual disks) and device names might be different. This could be
>>>>> solved by making those parts configurable.
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers
>>>>> bjoern
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Marcin Przepiorowski
>>>> http://oracleprof.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Marcin Przepiorowski
>> http://oracleprof.blogspot.com
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Marcin Przepiorowski
> http://oracleprof.blogspot.com
>
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