This document summarizes Bobby Curtis' presentation on using Oracle VirtualBox. It introduces VirtualBox as free cross-platform virtualization software. It outlines the requirements for running VirtualBox, describes common use cases like application development and testing disaster recovery scenarios. It provides instructions for downloading, installing, and configuring VirtualBox, accessing virtual machines, and tips for optimizing performance. The presentation also describes how to participate in the RAC Attack workshop for building a multi-node RAC cluster on a laptop using VirtualBox.

1. Learning Oracle Virtual Box:
Basics to RAC Attack
Bobby Curtis, EMBA
Northeast Ohio Oracle User Group Session
November 21, 2014

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3. Speaker
Douglasville, Georgia
Infrastructure Principle
IOUG, RMOUG, GAOUG, RACSIG, DISOG
@dbasolved http://dbasolved.com bcurtis@enkitec.com
curtisbl@gmail.com

4. Agenda
• What is Oracle VM VirtualBox
• What do I need to run VirtualBox
• VirtualBox Virtualization Architecture
• Installing and Running VirtualBox
• VirtualBox Use Cases
• Learning Resources
• OTN Developer Days VirtualBox Appliances
• Accessing your VM Guests
• Tips and Tricks
• Snapshots

5. What is VirtualBox?
§ Cross platform desktop virtualization software
§ Supported Hosts:
§ Window, Mac, Linux and Solaris
§ Runs on x86 based processors
§ Intel and AMD
§ Operating Systems Supported
§ Windows (32-bit/64-bit)
§ Linux (32-bit/64-bit)
§ Solaris (32-bit and 64-bit)
§ Benefit
§ Free!!!!!!

6. Requirements for VirtualBox
• Modern
computer
•
Preferably
with
Virtualiza8on
support
• Enabled
at
BIOS
• More
memory
the
be?er
• 4GB
min/8G
or
more
recommended
• Plenty
of
disk
space
• SSD
recommended

7. Virtualization Stack

8. Use Cases
• Applica8on
development
–
PL/SQL,
Java,
PHP,
APEX
• Test
disaster
recovery
scenarios
• RMAN
Backup
&
Recovery
• Data
Guard/GoldenGate
• Create
custom
appliances
• Database
server
• Applica8on
server
• Custom
apps
• Patch
tes8ng
• Run
Windows
on
a
Mac
-­‐
No
dual-­‐boot
required
• Dual
VPNs

9. Getting Started
Download
Install
Build
VMs
Timing:
10-­‐15
min.
See
download
page
for
templates
or
custom
build.

10. Learning Resources
• Oracle Learning Library
• Tutorials
• Demos
• Videos
• OTN Developer Days
• In-Person and Virtual
• Pre-Built Developer VMs

11. Oracle Learning Library

12. Pre-Built Virtual Machines
Loca8on
to
find
pre-­‐built
VMs

13. Pre-Built Virtual Machines
Big Data Lite Appliance

14. Moving VMs
• Export/Import
Formats
• Open
Virtualiza8on
Format
(OVF)
• Open
Virtualiza8on
Archive
(OVA)
–
add
disks
in
one
file
• Useful
for
handing
out
(OTNVDD)
• Benefits
• Useful
for
demos
and
hand-­‐outs
• Portability
between
different
hosts/OS
• Backups

15. Cloning VMs
• Clones
• Full
Clone
• Linked
Clone
• Benefits
• Quickly
create
VMs
• Linked
clones
save
space

16. Cloning VMs
1
2
3
4

17. Importing VMs
1
2
3

18. Importing VMs
4
5
6

19. Did you take a Snapshot?

20. Snapshots
• Point-­‐in-­‐8me
view
of
VM
• Convenient
method
of
tes8ng
changes
• Roll
back
and
forward
using
snapshots
• Use
snapshots
sparingly
• Consume
lots
of
space
• Snapshots
become
read-­‐only.
• New
data
wri?en
to
snapshot
deltas
• Do
not
use
as
backups!

21. Tips and Tricks
General
• Add physical memory
• Store virtual disks on SSD
• Install Guest Additions (changes every version)
• Enable memory over commitment (Page Fusion & Memory
Ballooning)*
• Disable Host I/O cache
• Use dynamic disks
• Linked Clones (reduce disk usage for multiple VMs)
• Snapshots

22. Networking Virtual Machines

23. Accessing Virtual Machines
• VirtualBox
GUI
– Remote
RDP
to
view
VM
from
different
machine
• Networking
– Connect
remotely
using
SSH,
VNC
etc.
• Port
Forwarding
– Connect
to
VM
from
host
using
forwarded
ports
• Shared
Folders
– Share
files
between
VMs
and
host

24. Accessing Virtual Machines
• Complicated/Confusing
• Network
Address
Transla8on
(NAT)
(Default)
• Port
Forwarding
• Host-­‐only
networking
• Bridged
Networking
• Internal
Networking
Tip:
Disable
firewalls
on
OS
within
VMs
Unix/Linux:
service
iptables
stop

25. Accessing Virtual Machines
NAT with Port Forwarding

26. Tips and Tricks
N etworking
• KISS principle
KEEP IT SIMPLE S______!

27. Command Line Interface
• Ran
by
VBoxManage
• Uses
Verb
that
do
the
same
in
GUI
• VBoxManage –help!
• VBOXManage list –l vm!
• VBOXManage clonevm
<vmname>!

28. Virtual Media Manager
• Quickly
see
what
disks
are
where
• Can
remove
as
needed
• If deleting VMs make sure
disks are remove from here

29. Shared Folders
• Easy
to
setup
• Quick
access
to
files
on
host
machine

30. Roll your own VM
• Download
sofware
from
OTN
• Oracle
Linux
at
E-­‐Delivery
• Install
as
needed
• OS of choice with patches
• Database software
• Applications

31. RAC Attack 12c
• Started by the IOUG RACSIG
• Held mostly at major conferences
• Collaborate, RMOUG, ECO, and
many others including
international
• SWAG
• Build a 2+n node RAC on your laptop
• Instructions (racattack.org/12c)
• Become a RAC Attack Ninja

32. RAC Architecture on VMs

33. Valuable Resources
VirtualBox.org
Oracle Technology Network
Oracle Learning Library
Oracle Documentation
The Fat Bloke's Blog

36. Contact Info
@dbasolved http://dbasolved.com bcurtis@enkitec.com
curtisbl@gmail.com