Oracle 資料庫官方不支援VMWare

請注意，Oracle 在官方Support 網站上明確提出不支援VMWare 運行Oracle database。
 但如果在虛擬環境要怎麼辦呢？
 
我的建議：
    如果你就是企業使用者，所有基礎架構都用了VMWare，那就用VMWare，也沒有發現有什麼不妥的，用吧。
    如果你是整合商，要給客戶找不同的方案，那你要提醒一下終端使用者，以免有問題找後賬。
    如果你是資料庫服務提供者，你可以說可以用，但原廠不支援。有事找VMWare。
    如果你是日常維護的DBA，你不要管是在實體機還是虛擬機器上。  ：）

Ubuntu 12.04下安裝VMware Tools
 
下面是Doc ID 249212.1 供參考。
 
Support Position for Oracle Products Running on VMWare Virtualized Environments (Doc ID 249212.1)
 

Applies to:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.2 and later
 Enterprise Manager Base Platform - Version 12.1.0.3.0 and later
 Information in this document applies to any platform.
 
Details
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Purpose
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Explain to customers how Oracle supports our products when running on VMware

Scope & Application
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For Customers running Oracle products on VMware virtualized environments.
No limitation on use or distribution.

Support Status for VMware Virtualized Environments
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Oracle has not certified any of its products on VMware virtualized
environments. Oracle Support will assist customers running Oracle products
on VMware in the following manner: Oracle will only provide
support for issues that either are known to occur on the native OS, or
can be demonstrated not to be as a result of running on VMware.

If a problem is a known Oracle issue, Oracle support will recommend the
appropriate solution on the native OS.  If that solution does not work in
the VMware virtualized environment, the customer will be referred to VMware
for support.  When the customer can demonstrate that the Oracle solution
does not work when running on the native OS, Oracle will resume support,
including logging a bug with Oracle Development for investigation if required.

If the problem is determined not to be a known Oracle issue, we will refer
the customer to VMware for support.  When the customer can demonstrate
that the issue occurs when running on the native OS, Oracle will resume
support, including logging a bug with Oracle Development for investigation
if required.

NOTE:  Oracle has not certified any of its products on VMware.  For Oracle RAC, Oracle will only
accept Service Requests as described in this note on Oracle RAC 11.2.0.2 and later
releases.