Tag: VirtualBox

I recently had the need to quickly set up an Oracle 19c database lab environment on Linux to run some tests. My laptop was already running a VirtualBox VM with Oracle 12.2 release and I wanted to have a different…

When configuring virtual servers to run Oracle RAC, be sure to use Jumbo Frames for the private network interconnect , just like you would on physical servers.

Recently, I was faced with the need to create and configure a Neo4j cluster. In order to be able to easily experiment with different settings and configurations, I decided I needed to create a local to Neo4j cluster using Vagrant,…

Many of us use Vagrant from Hashicorp to create and keep reference images of VMs for different purposes like a test or for fast deployment. Sometimes these images need to be refreshed or modified. Several days ago I helped to…

My job is almost completely reliant upon my ability to perform work in lab of virtual machines. Almost every action plan I write is tested locally. When I need to troubleshoot an issue for a client one of the most…

Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c uses a considerable amount of RAM and CPU resources; here are a few tips to shoehorn it into a 2GB virtual machine.