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http://www.axelog.de/2010/02/7-oracle-ee-refused-to-install-into-openvz/
Seems like a pretty funny solution but yea.
Francisco
its 10g that he installed in the link you provided.
might work for 11g as well for the swap issue... but what to do for the kernel parameters.
the details are mentioned in the section 2.1.3 at this document from oracle website - http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17781_01/install.112/e18802/toc.htm#autoId5
If you're controlling the HN and are running a 2.6.32 kernel, you can enable vswap.
Francisco
11g eats away your RAM, you have to be carefull on not hitting burst too often if you are on OpenVZ.
If you really want to try Oracle, the best solution its with Xen (PV or HVM) or KVM.
What about creating your own swap file with mkswap , would that be possible on OpenVZ ?
No, but you can create fake swap
How!?!?!?
http://portal.webslice.co.nz/knowledgebase/60/How-do-I-get-swap-on-my-OpenVZ-VPS.html
I have to ask why you are trying to do this. Ubuntu is not a supported target for Oracle. If you want to run Oracle on a VPS, get a CentOS VPS. You will be much happier. Oracle seems to use every possible feature of an OS (which is why the install docs are so long - lots of packages required, kernel tuning params, etc.) It really is designed to run only on certain configs.
I have installed Oracle XE on OpenVZ but it was not stable. I believe Oracle checks for swap via free, so if you are determined, just write a #!/bin/sh script to temporarily replace free, and have it simply echo a free report showing you have a bunch of swap.
For example: http://axel.ypack.de/2010/02/7-oracle-ee-refused-to-install-into-openvz/
BTW, I personally don't care, but unless you're running Oracle XE, what you're doing is illegal unless you're paying $40K per cpu to Oracle. And you're not, because if you were, you wouldn't be installing it onto a LEB OvZ :-)
Sincerely,
-an Oracle DBA
Oracle will let you try any of other products. You just have to ask, sign up, and download. Maybe he is just using it for testing.