Re: Moving Oracle RAC VMs from Linux to Windows
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 09:30:49 -0400
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Did you try running this command on Windows to attach them?
VBoxManage storageattach ol5-112-rac1 --storagectl "SATA" --port 1 --device 0 --type hdd \ --medium asm1.vdi --mtype shareable
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> On Apr 24, 2017, at 4:17 AM, Anand Rao <panandrao_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Thomas.
>
> Unfortunately, this is for a Linux host. I have gone through this and also the updated article which describes OLE 6.3.
>
> My issue is porting the "RAC Virtual Boxes" from Linux to Windows. How do we "re-attach" the existing Linux ASM virtual disks to Windows?
>
> Best Wishes,
> Anand
>
>> On 24 April 2017 at 13:23, Thomas Roach <troach_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> See if these commands will work on Windows. They should?
>>
>> https://oracle-base.com/articles/11g/oracle-db-11gr2-rac-installation-on-oel5-using-virtualbox#create_shared_disks
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Apr 24, 2017, at 3:29 AM, Anand Rao <panandrao_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have setup an Oracle 11g R2 RAC on two OLE 6.3 nodes using VirtualBox 5.1. The host OS is OLE 7.1 and the test setup was just using a single hard disk.
>>>
>>> Managed to export the VMs from OLE 7.1 and import them to my laptop which runs Windows 10.
>>>
>>> After some changes to the settings, the OS did boot but CRS failed which i think is due to the ASM disks. Checked the CRS logs, etc. and it was indeed the "missing "voting disks.
>>>
>>> On my Linux Host (OLE 7.1), the ASM disks were /dev/asm-disk1 and so on. On Windows they are named ASM-disk1.vmdk and so on.
>>>
>>> I did try to remove and add shareable storage in VirtualBox on Windows but i think something is missing here. The shareable storage from Windows is not being pickup by the OLE 6.3 Virtual Host.
>>>
>>> Does anybody know how to make these "virtual ASM disks" shareable so that Linux can see it? Is there a guide i can follow to setup a Windows based VM for Oracle 11g RAC?
>>>
>>> I am just hoping that I can reuse the whole setup as it is.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Anand
>
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