This blog focuses on the complete list of steps to be taken to increase the size of the clustered vmdk(s) using Multi-writer flag of an Oracle RAC Cluster. This blog describes the various options using both Native Oracle tools and vSphere tools to attempt to increase the size of the Oracle RAC clustered vmdk(s).
Current restriction of shared vmdk’s using the multi-writer attribute is that Hot extend virtual disk is disallowed as per KB 1034165 & KB 2121181
Dead space reclamation has always been a challenge especially with thin-provisioned volumes. Thin provisioning dynamically allocated storage on-demand to the workloads in a flexible and efficient manner.
Any database day to day 2 operations would include dropping tablespaces, dropping or resizing datafiles, truncating tables, deleting archive logs from ASM FRA diskgroup etc. .
One would expect the free space to go back to the storage free pool to be used for further allocation purposes, but that ability depends on
This blog focuses on the Oracle ASM Filter Driver (ASMFD) capability to report discarded or free space of thin-provisioned vmdk’s to the GOS which eventually gets reported to the VMware datastores and the underlying Storage array.
This is just another blog (JAB) about Dispelling the “Galaxy Licensing” Oracle Java on VMware FUD perpetuated by overzealous licensing and sales teams, which is in complete contrast to the reality of the actual Contractually Impactful documents.
This blog intends to clear up the reality of how to effectively license Oracle Java workloads on VMware Hybrid Cloud ( vSphere, vSAN , VxRAIL , VMware Cloud on AWS and other VMware Cloud Platforms) and to make it a cost effective one as well.
Prior to 2019, there were three Java SE products known as
These models required commercial users to purchase upfront licenses and pay annual support.
Starting 2019, the above three models was replaced by two new subscription-based models
As per this model, one no longer needs to purchase licenses upfront and pay annual support for Java SE. Instead, one would have to pay a monthly subscription fee under one to three-year terms for server or desktop licensing and support.
The previous blog post “Around the “Storage World” in no time – Storage vMotion for Oracle Workloads (RAC & Non-RAC) within same vSphere Cluster” addressed the following use cases of Storage vMotion of an Oracle RAC Cluster with shared vmdk(s) using multi-writer attribute .
The following uses cases were addressed by the previous blog post for Oracle RAC clusters within the same vSphere Cluster –
In computer systems, a snapshot is the state of a system at a particular point in time. To avoid downtime, high-availability systems may instead perform the backup on a snapshot—a read-only copy of the data set frozen at a point in time—and allow applications to continue writing to their data. [ Wikipedia ]
This blog addresses how one can take VM level snapshot of Oracle Single Instance / RAC workloads using VMware snapshot technology, keep certain caveats in mind.
As of December 9th, 2020, VMware recommends that anyone currently running OR planning to run, an Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) in a VMware Cloud environment, reach out to Oracle Corporation for any Oracle support related matters with RAC on our cloud platform.
Please reach out to your VMware representative for any clarifications on the below guidance’s.
The previous blog post ’ PVSCSI Controllers and Queue Depth – Accelerating performance for Oracle Workloads’ purpose was to raise awareness of the importance of using PVSCSI adapters with adequate Queue Depth settings for an Oracle workload.
This blog focuses on the implementation of Oracle SAME (Stripe and Mirror everything) technology using Oracle ASM along with using multiple VMware PVSCSI controllers with queue depth for PVSCSI controllers and VMDK’s set to maximum to achieve maximum performance for Oracle workloads.
This blog
For readers who are familiar with the Asterix and Obelix series, the magic potion refers to the potion brewed by Getafix, that gives the Gaulish warriors superhuman strength.
One of VMware’s magic portion for Oracle workloads is the ‘Paravirtualized SCSI Controllers a.k.a PVSCSI Controllers’ which is accelerates workloads performance on a VMware vSphere Platform.
This blog is meant to raise awareness of the importance of using PVSCSI adapters with adequate Queue Depth settings for an Oracle workload.
This blog
Remember, any performance data is a result of the combination of hardware configuration, software configuration, test methodology, test tool, and workload profile used in the testing.
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To NUMA or not to NUMA – that’s the question that comes up when considering Oracle workloads and NUMA.
This blog
Remember, any performance data is a result of the combination of hardware configuration, software configuration, test methodology, test tool, and workload profile used in the testing.
The blog assumes that the reader is familiar with the ESXi NUMA constructs. This blog focuses on the use cases around testing Oracle workloads with and without NUMA using a load generator SLOB.
