Certified Software on Oracle VM

Certified Software on Oracle VM [ID 464754.1]
Modified 15-MAY-2011 Type FAQ Status PUBLISHED
In this Document
Purpose
Questions and Answers
Oracle Database
Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Enterprise Manager
Oracle Fusion Middleware
JRockit R27.6.3 release
Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Products (formerly Hyperion)
JD Edwards
Berkeley DB
Times Ten
Oracle E-Business Suite
Siebel
PeopleSoft
Oracle Retail
Oracle Secure Backup
Oracle Financial Services Software Limited (formerly iflex Solutions Limited)
References

Applies to:

Oracle VM - Version: 2.1 to 2.2 - Release: OVM21 to OVM22
Linux x86
Microsoft Windows (32-bit)
Linux x86-64
Purpose

Additional information for Oracle Products certified on Oracle VM
Questions and Answers

This note highlights additional information for many of the Oracle Products that are certified to run with Oracle VM. Going forward every product running on Linux and Windows released by Oracle is certified and supported on Oracle VM. For specific information on the earliest product versions supported on Oracle VM, refer to the product specific information below.

Oracle Database

Oracle Database 10gR2 (10.2.0.3 and up) for Linux x86 and Linux x86-64 1

Oracle Database 11gR1 and 11gR2 for Linux x86 and Linux x86-64 1

Dynamic feature support:
Dynamic resizing of guest virtual machines are supported (VCPU, memory and I/O) 2
Virtual machine Pause/Restore not supported with active database instance
Live migration with active database 10.2.0.4 (10gR2) and up, 11gR1/11gR2 (on OVM2.2.1) are supported
Database on Microsoft Windows guests will be certified as soon as tests are completed.
1 See below for RAC
2 Dynamic change from 1 to 2 virtual CPUs (VCPU), 2 to 1 VCPU and changes of 2 to 3 times the number of original virtual CPUs require the following minimum Oracle Database levels:
Oracle Database 10.2.0.4 + Patch 6309691, Patch 6311841, Patch 6311926 or any patch level that covers those.
Oracle Database 11.1.0.7 or later
@ For Oracle OnDemand, Oracle Database 9iR2 (9.2) is supported as below
Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)

Oracle 10.2.0.4 and up (10gR2) and 11.1.0.7 and up (11gR1) and 11gR2 RAC for Linux x86 and Linux x86_64 certified on Oracle VM
Guest OS: Oracle Linux 5.1 (and above) RHEL 5.1 (and above) for Linux x86 / Linux x86_64
Paravirtualized (PV) mode only (Guest OS and drivers)
Only supported on Oracle VM 2.1.2 and above
Live-migration of an Oracle RAC VM is supported with Oracle VM 2.2.1 and above. Previous versions are not supported. Please refer to this link for best practices.
Over-committing CPUs is not recommended, but supported with the following restrictions:
The total amount of VCPUs allocated to guest domains (running Oracle RAC guests), should not exceed two times (2x) the amount of real CPUs / cores in the Oracle VM server.
The amount of VCPUs allocated to a single guest domain should not exceed the amount of real CPUs / cores in the Oracle VM server.
Maintain Oracle VMs default VCPU allocation for dom-0: Oracle VM will allocate 1 VCPU for each real CPU or core to dom-0.
CPU pinning is only recommended for hard partitioning. If no hard partitioning is required, CPU pinning should not be used.
Static support only (dynamic support is being planned):
Dynamic resizing of guest virtual machine is not supported (VCPU, memory and I/O)
Virtual Machine Pause/Restore of an active Real Application Cluster virtual machine is not supported.
Enterprise Manager

Please refer to Document 412431.1 for more details.
Oracle Fusion Middleware

Oracle Fusion Middleware certification for 11gR2.
Please refer to this website for Supported Non-Oracle Virtualization and Partitioning Technologies for Oracle Fusion Middleware Including Pre-Acquisition BEA Product Releases.

JRockit R27.6.3 release

Oracle Linux kernel version 2.6.9-78.0.17.0.2 or greater is required to run on Oracle Linux 4.7 Linux x86 guest VMs on Oracle VM 2.1.2 and higher.
Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Products (formerly Hyperion)

Please see this website for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Products - Supported Platforms Matrices
JD Edwards

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne enterprise, database, and web servers are supported to run with Oracle VM in Oracle Linux 5 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86-64 guests. The support begins with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.97.2 and Applications 8.12.
Berkeley DB

Berkeley DB Java Edition version 3.2 Linux x86
Berkeley DB version 4.6 Linux x86
Berkeley DB XML version 2.3 Linux x86
Times Ten

TimesTen 7.0.3.1 and above for Linux x86 and Linux x86-64
Oracle E-Business Suite

Oracle Applications 11.5.10 CU2 or later with 11i.ATG_PF.H.RUP5 (Patch 5473858) or later for Linux x86
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.2 (RUP2) or later (including 12.1) for Linux x86
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.0.4 or later (including 12.1) is certified with 64-bit Oracle Linux 5 and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 on x86-64 with Oracle VM.
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.0.3 (RUP3) or later (including 12.1) is certified with 64-bit Oracle Linux 4 and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 on x86-64 with Oracle VM.
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (12.0.4 or higher and 12.1.1 or higher) is certified on Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) running as a guest on Oracle VM using Windows PV driver version 1.0.8 or higher.
Oracle Applications Release 12 (12.1.1 or higher) on Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) running as a guest on Oracle VM using Windows PV driver version 1.0.8 or higher.
For more information please refer to My Oracle Support Note 465915.1
Siebel

Siebel 8.0 and above on Linux x86
PeopleSoft

PeopleTools 8.49.07 and above allows PeopleSoft applications 8.4x and 9 to utilize Oracle Virtualization in a certified guest Linux environment.
Oracle Retail

Oracle Retail supports the use of VM technology . Oracle Retail products are supported on Oracle VM as long as the underlying platform components (i.e. database and application server) are certified. See Document 857142.1 for more specific information on Oracle Retail Infrastructure Compatibilities.
Oracle Secure Backup

Oracle Secure Backup 10.2.0.3 for Linux x86 and Linux x86-64
The Oracle VM host may be configured as an Oracle Secure Backup client or administrative server role but not as an Oracle Secure Backup media server role
See this url for more details: http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/secure-backup/pdf/OSB_10.2_Platforms.pdf
Oracle Financial Services Software Limited (formerly iflex Solutions Limited)

FLEXCUBE V.UM Release 10.0 and above for Linux x86 and x86-64. For more detail on this product please go to http://www.oracle.com/us/industries/financial-services/046907.html

For additional Information on Oracle VM please refer to Document 466538.1

References

NOTE:465915.1 - Using Oracle VM with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i or Release 12
NOTE:466538.1 - Oracle VM General Policy Description