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This blog is a follow up of the previous blog post “Oracle RAC on vSAN 6.7 P01 – No more Eager Zero Thick requirement for shared vmdk’s”.
This blog describes the steps to storage vMotion an Oracle RAC cluster with shared EZT vmdk’s from a non-vSAN (FC / NAS / iSCSI ) storage to a vSAN 6.7 P01 storage and highlights the fact that apart from putting the multi-writer attribute back on the shared vmdk’s , there is no need for any further reconfiguration of the shared vmdk’s.
Oracle RAC on vSAN 6.7 P01 – No more Eager Zero Thick requirement for shared vmdk’s
Read my lips – “No More Eager Zero Thick (EZT) requirement for Oracle RAC multi-writer disks starting VMware vSAN 6.7 P01 (ESXi 6.7 Patch Release ESXi670-201912001)”
This blog addresses an important update for running Oracle RAC on VMware vSAN 6.7 P01 (ESXi 6.7 Patch Release ESXi670-201912001).
This applies to other clustered applications as well running on vSAN which uses multi-writer disks for clustering purposes e.g Oracle RAC, Redhat Clustering , Veritas Infoscale etc
At the 2019 Oracle Open World conference, the week of Sept 16, 2019 , Oracle and VMware announced a new strategic alliance which resulted in Oracle becoming a member of the VMware Cloud Partner Program (VCPP) by offering the VMware Cloud Foundation based product names “Oracle Cloud VMware Solution” (OCVS) , sold by Oracle and its partners. More details on the VMware Oracle partnership can be found here. Congratulations to all Oracle and VMware personnel who worked for many months to ensure that Oracle on VMware customers could continue to run these world leading products in tandem.
The 2nd part of this strategic alliance was an updated agreement for enhanced support for Oracle products running on VMware Environments running on Oracle Supported Computing Environments which was the landmark change made to the Metalink/MyOracleSupport.com note 249212.1.
Since then the Metalink Not 249212.1 has undergone further changes. This blog attempts to capture all changes to the Note 249212.1 for education purposes.
Architecting and Implementing Oracle Workloads on VMware Technologies [BCA2171TE]
Thursday November 7th
Lead Instructor – Sudhir Balasubramanian @vRacDba
On a mission to arm yourself with the latest knowledge and skills needed to master Oracle workloads virtualization? This VMworld workshop will prepare you to lead the virtualization effort in your organization, with instructor-led demos and in-depth course work designed to put you in the ranks of the IT elite. The class will provide the attendee the opportunity to learn the essential skills necessary to run Oracle implementations on VMware vSphere. The best practices and optimal approaches to deployment, operation and management of Oracle database and application software will be presented by VMware vExpert and Oracle ACE Sudhir Balasubramanian who will be joined by other VMware and industry experts. This technical workshop will exceed the standard breakout session format by delivering “real-life,” instructor-led, live training and incorporating the recommended design and configuration practices for architecting Business Critical Databases on VMware vSphere infrastructure. Subjects such as Real Applications Clusters, Automatic Storage Management, vSAN and NSX , Oracle with vSphere Hardware Accelerators (PVRDMA and Persistent Memory) as well as Oracle running on the VMware Cloud on AWS will be covered in depth.
VMworld Europe this year has a lot to offer for everyone interested in running Oracle workloads efficiently and effectively on VMware vSphere – check out these events and ensure to add them to your schedule.
See you at VMworld 2019 Europe
Introducing …. the new lean, mean, fighting machine!! Oracle RAC on VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC 1.8v2 , all muscles, no fat!!
No more need to reserve all the storage upfront for installing and running Oracle RAC on VMware Cloud on AWS starting 1.8v2 !!
“To be precise” – No more Eager Zero Thick disk(s) needed for Oracle RAC shared vmdk’s on VMware Cloud on AWS starting 1.8v2. Read on.
“One small step for VMware & Oracle , one giant leap for VMware & Oracle mutual customers”
VMware is thrilled to announce a new strategic alliance with Oracle Corp to support our mutual customers’ hybrid cloud strategies.
The centerpiece of this relationship is a new service that will be offered by Oracle called Oracle Cloud VMware Solution.
Full text of the Oracle Cloud VMware Solution announcement and press release can be found here :
http://www.vmware.com/go/vmware-oracle-cloud
Running business-critical Oracle applications on VMware on premises or in the cloud helps organizations maximize resources without compromising application performance and scale dynamically to meet service level commitments. Virtualization also helps IT teams improve manageability, increase agility, and shed costs—and all while serving as a foundation for cloud computing.
With a streamlined VMware foundation, IT and application administrators can better leverage storage, network and computing resources to control costs, deliver higher quality of service, accelerate time to market and respond faster to changing business needs. VMware customers also have the assurance of full support from Oracle when running these applications in any VMware virtualization environment, as detailed in Oracle Cloud VMware Solution – A New beginning of a Strategic relationship.
This August, the VMware flagship conference VMworld 2019 will again take place in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. A highlight of the event this year will be the Virtualizing Applications customer workshops.
This is the 4th consecutive year that this elite program has been offered as an extended learning opportunity for the attendees of VMworld. There will be 6 separate workshops , each of which is focused on a specific technology or application, running on VMware Technologies.
Subjects as diverse as Oracle, SAP, Microsoft SQL Server , Active Directory, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and “VMware vSphere Advanced Performance Design, Configuration & Troubleshooting” session will be repeated this year in a 4-hour format.
Each of these workshops will be delivered by a prominent lead instructor, as well as a list of expert guest instructors from both inside and outside VMware. These workshops are filled with practical experience and advice from industry experts that thrive in these technology areas every day.
There will be a short break of 30 minutes during the workshop for lunch which will be provided.
Please check for actual start times for these workshops in the VMware Content Catalog.
Starting 2019 , these sessions are made available as part of the session catalog , so be sure to add the workshop to your list of session selected.
There are a limited number of seats, to ensure many opportunities for attendee participation and they are on a first come first serve basis. Don’t miss your chance, register early!
https://www.vmworld.com/myvmworld.jspa
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This blog is not a deep dive on VMware NSX or VXLAN concepts , this blog will focus on Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) Interconnect MTU sizing using Jumbo Frames on VMware NSX.
VMware NSX Data Center is the network virtualization and security platform that enables the virtual cloud network, a software-defined approach to networking that extends across data centers, clouds, and application frameworks.
With NSX Data Center, networking and security are brought closer to the application wherever it’s running, from virtual machines (VMs) to containers to bare metal. Like the operational model of VMs, networks can be provisioned and managed independent of underlying hardware.
More details on VMware NSX can be found here.
Oracle Workloads - Where Eagles Dare !!! 
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