2017-08-01 Convert to XEN
2016-09-07 1 Build VM
2020-01-09 Install Oracle Client

Contents

  1. 1 Overview
  2. 2 Procedure
    1. 2.1 XEN Configuration
    2. 2.2 Install OEL 7.2


Overview

I rebuilt CLIFTON as a XEN VM because the host machine, RYDE , had caught fire.

Procedure

XEN Configuration

I put the following configuration into /OVS/running_pool/CLIFTON/clifton.hvm : 

# =====================================================================
# HVM guest configuration for CLIFTON
# Generated 2017-08-01 18:27:00
# =====================================================================
#
# This is a fairly minimal example of what is required for an
# HVM guest. For a more complete guide see xl.cfg(5)
# This configures an HVM rather than PV guest
builder = "hvm"

# Guest name
name = "clifton"

# 128-bit UUID for the domain as a hexadecimal number.
# Use "uuidgen" to generate one if required.
uuid = "7c422069-1768-413b-b1ea-6919f492fa11"

# Initial memory allocation (MB)
memory = 2048

# Number of VCPUS
vcpus = 1

# Network devices
# A list of 'vifspec' entries as described in
# docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown
vif = [
    'mac=00:16:3E:00:00:1A,bridge=xenbr0'
    ]

# Disk Devices
# A list of 'diskspec' entries as described in
# docs/misc/xl-disk-configuration.txt
disk = [
    '/OVS/running_pool/CLIFTON/root_disk,raw,xvda,rw',
    '/OVS/iso_pool/V100082-01.iso,raw,xvdc,ro,cdrom'
    ]

# Guest VGA console configuration, either SDL or VNC
vnc = 1
vnclisten = "0.0.0.0"
vncdisplay = "9"

Install OEL 7.2

I followed the procedure in Install Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.2 .