RE: Virtualbox images for EM 12c, DataGuard, RAC, GoldenGate / run multiple simultaneous OL5 images on Win7?

Well, Oracle server is one of the first software items I install when I upgrade my laptops from time to time. I'm not sure what you define as a "raw Windows 7 Home install" as installing Oracle server would come after installing Windows patches, software updates, driver updates, bios updates, anti-virus etc (none of which are prereqs for installing Oracle of course).

Not sure what you mean about playing with network and group stuff because that involves sharing between computers on the same network. Are you talking about installing Oracle server on Windows 7 Home PC to be used by other PCs on your network? If so, then I could see that being an issue probably. I'm not sure why you would 'want' to do that however.

I am unfamiliar with install workarounds such as 'Run as Batch' and Google wasn't much help so I can't speak to that.

Chris Taylor

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From: Hans Forbrich [mailto:fuzzy.graybeard_at_gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7:55 AM
To: Taylor, Chris David
Cc: 'Dana Nibby'; 'oracle-l_at_freelists.org' Subject: Re: Virtualbox images for EM 12c, DataGuard, RAC, GoldenGate / run multiple simultaneous OL5 images on Win7?

On 20/06/2012 6:09 AM, Taylor, Chris David wrote:
> "None of the Oracle 'server' products play nicely with any Windows 'Home' variant."
>
> How so? I have both 10.2 and 11.2 versions running on my Windows 7
> home edition. And I don't remember any problems with my XP box.
> (Other than the -ignoresysprereqs flag needed to get the installer to
> quit squawking about kernel versions)
>

Simple, out-of-the-box install on a raw Windows 7 Home install? Or using install workarounds like setting the 'Run as Batch', and possibly playing with network and group stuff, which is often not really accessible in a native Windows Home install without some additional utilities.

I know a number of people are in the "I have it working because I was able to make it work" category. But I've spent more than too-many-hours helping people 'make it work' over the years, and now simply resort to saying "while possible, it doesn't play nicely - yoyo".

Oracle's documentation implicitly excludes the 'Home' variants by listing only the Pro (and higher where applicable) for a reason.

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