VMware

Overview

Oracle software provides mission-critical foundations for the majority of large enterprises worldwide. VMware Infrastructure simplifies IT environments so that Oracle IT administrators can leverage their storage, network, and computing resources to control costs and respond quickly to changing business needs. In the demanding world of Oracle application development and deployment, virtualized infrastructure brings quantifiable time-to-market and TCO improvements by reducing development hardware infrastructure costs and by allowing more developers and users to be hosted on existing and future industry standard hardware.

Since Oracle Database is one of the most commonly virtualized applications, VMware invests a great deal of work towards optimizing its performance on VMware Infrastructure. VMware ESX 3.5 is our best database platform to date, with several new advanced optimizations. Read more about the new VMware ESX 3.5 features that drive this great performance.

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Rapid Deployment

Deployment Guides:
Rapid Deployment of Oracle Database 11g Using VMware Infrastructure and Netapp Flexclone
This paper provides an overview of the first-generation grid infrastructure, describes how advanced server and storage virtualization can enhance existing grids, and includes a case study of a next-generation grid implementation that demonstrates how to solve a pervasive technical problem by creating database clones that are space efficient, rapidly provisioned, and easily managed.

Deployment of Oracle Databases on VMware Infrastructure
This guide provides an overview of the deployment steps for Oracle Database 10g Single-instance and RAC deployments on VMware Infrastructure. It
showcases the key benefits that VMware solutions provide to Oracle Database
deployments.

Simplified Management

White Paper:
Simplify Oracle Database Management with VMware Infrastructure and EMC CLARiiON
The paper examines how to address Oracle database performance, data integrity, and manageability challenges with the VMware Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) and EMC industry-proven CLARiiON storage.

High Availability

Deployment Guides:
Deployment of Oracle Databases on VMware Infrastructure
This guide provides an overview of the deployment steps for Oracle Database 10g Single-instance and RAC deployments on VMware Infrastructure. It
showcases the key benefits that VMware solutions provide to Oracle Database deployments.

Whitepaper
Planning for the Unplanned: Oracle E-Business Suite Disaster Recovery Solution with VMware® Site Recovery Manager and EMC CLARiiON storage 
Oracle E-Business Suite Disaster Recovery Solution with VMware® Site Recovery Manager and EMC CLARiiON Storage This document outlines how, in a multi-tier Oracle E-Business environment that resides on EMC CLARiiON storage, VMware Site Recovery Manager can help you accelerate recovery for the virtual environment through automation, ensure reliable recovery by enabling non-disruptive testing, and simplify recovery by eliminating complex manual recovery steps and centralizing. management of recovery plans.

Demos:

Webcast Replay: Oracle

Oracle Database Performance on VMware Infrastructure
Download the webcast that shows you how to achieve great Oracle database and application performance with VMware virtualization technology.

VMware at Oracle OpenWorld

September 22-25, 2008
San Francisco, Moscone Center