Re: Installing Oracle on Machine Images

From: Stefan Koehler <contact_at_soocs.de>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 11:14:08 +0200 (CEST)
Message-ID: <1913990982.10228.1685524448091_at_ox.hosteurope.de>


Hello Charlotte,
technically this is possible (and supported) but I would not recommend this for the following reasons:

I understand that you save a few minutes when deploying and spinning up a new "golden" machine image for the first time, but IMHO it is not worth to have different deployment procedures just to save 10 minutes for the first start.

Best Regards
Stefan Koehler

Independent Oracle performance consultant and researcher Website: http://www.soocs.de
Twitter: _at_OracleSK

> Charlotte Hammond <dmarc-noreply_at_freelists.org> hat am 31.05.2023 10:31 CEST geschrieben:
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> Hello.
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> We have a requirement to set up some Azure VM Images or AWS AMIs for running Oracle DB. My initial plan was to create these images with the Oracle software uploaded and then to run (by automation) the actual install after the actual VMs were created, followed by DB creation.
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> A colleague has suggested we run the install and DB creation and then include those in the images. We tried this and it was absolutely fine in casual testing.
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> However, I'm a bit nervous about this as it feels a bit like copying an Oracle Home without running clone.pl or OUI to complete the cloning process. Of course, booting with an image is not the same as copying a directory, so perhaps my concern is unfounded.
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> I just wanted to check the general consensus on this - should a virtual machine image contain an installed and start-able database? Whilst it seems to work, is this a recommended, or approved approach. Will we hit any support issues, or vendor finger pointing, as a consequence?
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> Thank you!
>
> Charlotte

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Received on Wed May 31 2023 - 11:14:08 CEST

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