Category Archives: VMware Hybrid Cloud

Migrating non-production Oracle RAC using VMware Storage vMotion with minimal downtime

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

Migrating non-production Oracle RAC using VMware Storage vMotion with minimal downtime   Much has been discussed and documented about Storage vMotion of Oracle RAC Clusters on VMware SDDC which can be found in the numerous blog posts available at Oracle … Continue reading →

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Introducing vSphere 6.7 for Enterprise Applications

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

vSphere 6.7 introduces new storage and networking features which have a major impact on the performance of  Enterprise Applications – these include support for Persistent Memory (PMEM) and enhanced support for Remote Directory Memory Access (RDMA).   Persistent Memory (PMEM) … Continue reading →

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A Journey to the Clouds – Oracle on VMware Cloud on AWS

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

“We have nothing to fear but …”. famous words of Chief Vitalstatistix , chief of the famous Gaulish village in the famous Asterix & Obelix series.     Legend goes when the Gallic chieftains were asked by Alexander the Great … Continue reading →

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VMware Snapshots and Oracle non-clustered Independent Persistent disks

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

“To beat (something) to boredom” – To linger over or discuss something so long and to such a tedious and laborious extent that the subject is no longer of any interest or relevance and induces a bad migraine!!! Yes, much … Continue reading →

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Around the “Storage World” in no time – Storage vMotion and Oracle Workloads

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

“Around the World in Eighty Days” – A classic adventure novel and one of Jules Verne’s most acclaimed works which describes how Phileas Fogg and his valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a wager.   … Continue reading →

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Oracle on vSphere – Summary of Storage options

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

Storage – the final frontier. These are the voyages of any Business Critical Oracle database, its endless mission: to meet the business SLA, to sustain increasing workload demands and seek out new challenges, to boldly go where no database has … Continue reading →

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On Demand Scaling up resources for Oracle production workloads – Hot Add CPU and Hot Add Memory

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

The crux of this blog’s discussion is “How to stop hoarding much needed infrastructure resources and live wisely ever after by scaling up as needed effectively” Typically Oracle workloads running on bare metal environments , or for that matter any … Continue reading →

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The Art of P2V and Oracle ASM

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

“Come with me if you want to live” – famous words from the Terminator series.It’s also the very reason IT companies are adopting the ‘Virtualize First’ policy to reap all of the benefits of virtualization and move away from the … Continue reading →

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Oracle RAC on VMware Cloud on Amazon AWS

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

Summary With the recent launch of the VMware Cloud on AWS Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) from VMware, many Business Critical Application (BCA) workloads that were previously difficult to deploy in the cloud no longer require significant platform modifications. This … Continue reading →

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“RAC” n “RAC” all night – Oracle RAC on VMware vSphere – discuss Storage Options and How to Hot add clustered disks online

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

“I wanna “RAC” and “RAC” all night and party every day” – mantra of an Oracle RAC DBA.     The parable of the Blind men and the elephant have  been oft quoted , one of the lessons learned from this story … Continue reading →

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