[Users] Oracle on a VE

[lst_hoe02 at kwsoft.de]

Zitat von Frank <frank at si.ct.upc.edu>:

> Hi everybody,
> we are trying to install Oracle on a VE. We have read documents  
> about it, but still have problems.
>
> -With Oracle 10, we have read the excellent article at  
> http://wiki.openvz.org/Oracle_10g_VE, but although installation goes  
> well, we are not able to
> create an instance. We get an "Out of memory" message or if we  
> reduce the instance memory requirements, we get a "ORA-27123: unable  
> to attach
> to shared memory segment". I must say that the article is based on a  
> "centos-4-i386-default" template and we use a  
> "centos-5-i386-default.tar.gz", but
> we don't think that is the cause. Of course the VE has all its  
> parameters to the maximum.

Read the documentation from Oracle for installing on Linux. Set the  
Kernel (SHM etc.) Parameter at the !Hardware Node!. Check inside the  
VE if you got resource shortage with "cat /proc/user_beancounters".

Regards

Andreas