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Background In my previous post I walked through how you can determine a vVOL FlashArray volume from a Linux device. In this post I will show how we can automate that process with Ansible using the same /dev/sdd Linux device and some code examples. Ansible Linux Facts Let's start by using the ansible_facts.devices to identify... Continue Reading →
Background Today, I found myself needing to add 3 new disks to one of my Oracle database server VMware VM's, unfortunately I was unable to re-boot the server so I followed the steps below to add the new devices. Create LUN's using your storage platform and add add them to your Virtual Machine using... Continue Reading →
In this Blog we will take-out a newly created Oracle ZFS VMware Simulator for a test ride by trying to create some Oracle HCC (Hybrid Columnar Compression) data. If you don't have access to an Oracle storage platform, you may want to visit my previous posts in the series Part I or Part II Two... Continue Reading →
In this Blog post I will share how your newly created Oracle ZFS Storage VMware Simulator can be used to deliver storage for an Oracle 12c database via dNFS and also support HCC (Hybrid Columnar Compression). Hopefully you have followed Part I of my Blog post on Getting Started with the Oracle ZFS Storage VMware... Continue Reading →
If your like me, you may sometimes need to do some research work with Oracle HCC (Hybrid Columnar Compression), but don't always have access to an Oracle Exadata machine or ZFS Appliance, then the ZFSA simulator may be your saviour. On my Mac I use both VirtualBox and VMware Fusion, but for this Blog post... Continue Reading →
Preparing to use udev rules on VMware Fusion Before you can use udev rules with your new VMware Hard Drives you need to update the Virtual Machines .vmx file and set the following. disk.EnableUUID = "TRUE" Without this setting the '/usr/lib/udev/scsci_id' command will no values. As with all configuration files it's best practice to create a... Continue Reading →
Background I have seen several great Linux install guides for Oracle's free VirtualBox but have never come across a version specifically for VMware Fusion, so here goes lets's put that right. What is VMware Fusion ? VMware Fusion is a sofware hypervisor for Mac OS X , it's VMware's Mac equivalent of VMware Workstation for Windows and... Continue Reading →