Note:
If you are an existing customer and have already installed and configured software on the virtual Exalytics Machine, you can ignore this section.
The process of installing Exalytics software on virtual machines is identical to installing the software on the non-virtual Exalytics Machine, except that the virtual machines cannot access the entire Exalytics memory. Keep in mind this limitation when setting kernel parameters related to shared memory or creating hugepages.
This section consists of the following topics:
Parent topic: Configuring Exalytics Machine for Virtualization
The following prerequisites must be met before installing the Exalytics software on the virtual machines:
You have created a virtual machine.
You have created a virtual disk and associated it with the virtual machine.
For more information on creating virtual machines and virtual disks, see "Chapter 7, Managing Virtual Machines" in https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E64076_01/E64082/html/vmusg-servervm.html
This section consists of the following topics:
Before you can install the Exalytics software, you create and mount a /u01 partition on the virtual disk.
Note:
The following procedure assumes the /u01 partition size of 1.6TB. Depending on your specific needs and configuration, you can use a different size for the /u01 partition.
To create and mount a /u01 partition:
After logging in as the root user, configure the /u01 directory on the virtual disk using commands such as the following ones:
The Virtual Machine template contains "oracle" as the operating system user name. Associate the user name with the "oinstall" group and create a password for it.
The procedures throughout this section assume a user named "oracle" and a group named "oinstall".
Note:
To add a different user and group, enter the following commands as a root user:
groupadd <name of the group>
useradd -g <name of the group> <name of the user>
To modify the Oracle user and grant permissions:
The process of installing application software components on a virtual Exalytics Machine is similar to installing them on the non-virtualized Exalytics Machine. See Installing Software on an Exalytics Machine.