OBIEE 11.1.1 - OBIEE 11g Full Sample App on VMware Player 4
- by user809526
The Full Sample App is designed to run on Virtual Box.
Let's describe how to run it on VMware Player 4.
Open Virtualization Format Tool
http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/server/vsphere/automationtools/ovf
VMware Player Documentation
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/player_pubs.html
Full Sample App Deployment Guide
sampleapp107-vbimage-deployguide-453583.pdf
INSTALL VMplayer 4.0.0 as root
LINUX
# sh VMware-Player-4.0.0-471780.x86_64.bundle
(A new VM is not needed and can be deleted later after that installation is completed.
"I will install OS later" - blank hard disk
Guest: linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5-64bits => rename to RHEL
target: eg /a/root/vmware/
Max disk size: 5 GB (will be deleted)
Disk: Single file
Dummy RHEL.vmk, RHEL.vmdk is generated. "Delete VM from Disk" in VM Player.)
Copy Full Sample App files to target /a/root/vmware/
WARNING: Select a target eg /a/root/vmware/ with lots of free space, 95 GB.
Check checksums (md5sum). Please do it!
ff85c7eacf7fb8c382e98da875e879e1 Sampleapp_v107_GA-disk1.vmdk
973258cb3c7d64ab03ae853278cf2233 Sampleapp_v107_GA-disk2.vmdk
e576be16e36d810479736bfb15d050f5 Sampleapp_v107_GA-disk3.vmdk
3455df77279e53e07d5fee6712f1597d Sampleapp_v107_GA-disk4.vmdk
OVF FILE Sampleapp_v107_GA.ovf
CONVERSION
$ cd /a/root/vmware/
LINUX
$ /usr/bin/ovftool -tt=ovf --compress=1 -dm=monolithicSparse Sampleapp_v107_GA.ovf . [dot]
Opening OVF source: Sampleapp_v107_GA.ovf
Warning: No manifest file
Opening OVF target: .
Writing OVF package: Sampleapp_v107_GA/Sampleapp_v107_GA.ovf
Disk Transfer Completed
Completed successfully
WINDOWS CYGWIN
$ /cygdrive/c/VMwarePlayer/OVFTool/ovftool.exe -tt=ovf --compress=1 -dm=monolithicSparse Sampleapp_v107_GA.ovf . [dot]
Opening OVF source: Sampleapp_v107_GA.ovf
Warning: No manifest file
Opening OVF target: .
Writing OVF package: Sampleapp_v107_GA\Sampleapp_v107_GA.ovf
Disk Transfer Completed
Completed successfully
/a/root/vmware$ du -sk
49095328 . [50 GB already occupied]
IMPORT - First start of VM Player 4: /usr/bin/vmplayer
"Open a Virtual Machine"
Browse to /a/root/vmware/Sampleapp_v107_GA/Sampleapp_v107_GA.ovf [the new generated .ovf]
"Import Virtual Machine" dialog
Name: Sampleapp_v107_GA
Location: /a/root/vmware/Sampleapp_v107_GA/storage [was /home/tdubois/vmware/Sampleapp_v107_GA]
"Import" "The import failed because /a/root/vmware/Sampleapp_v107_GA/Sampleapp_v107_GA.ovf did not pass OVF specification conformance or virtual hardware compliance checks. Click Retry to relax OVF specification..."
"Retry" ; Long import
/a/root/vmware/Sampleapp_v107_GA/storage/Sampleapp_v107_GA.vmx and new .vmdk files are created.
/a/root/vmware$ du -sk
95551384 . [95 GB occupied]
Full Sample App GUEST SETUP
"Edit VM settings" min 3GB, 2+ processors, network bridged.
For OBIEE + Essbase testing use 8 GB RAM hardware.
At first time lauch of Full Sample App, leave OEL booting for several minutes undisturbed.
Problem with X display server may occur [/usr/bin/Xorg ; man Xorg].
"Failed to start the X server.... Would you like to view the X server output to diagnose the problem?" "No" [tab key]
"Would you like to try to configure the X server? Note that you will need the root password for this." "Yes" [oracle]
X Display Settings 800x600 saved in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"Trying to restart the X server"
Login as root/oracle in guest OEL.
In guest OEL, Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools...
Extract archive VMwareTools-8.8.0-471268.tar.gz all files in writable local directory eg /root
In Terminal run Perl script # cd /root/vmware-tools-distrib ; ./vmware-install.pl [keep all default answers]
Set keyboard layout System > Preferences > Keyboard > Layouts
Restart X server eg System > Log Out root... , relogin
Modify X resolution System > Preferences > Screen Resolution
Full Sample App OEL login: oracle/oracle ; root/oracle [default US keyboard layout]
Credentials are described in the 'sampleapp107-vbimage-deployguide-453583.pdf'
The large files in
/a/root/vmware/
/a/root/vmware/Sampleapp_v107_GA/
may be removed.
FAILURE REMARK: Adding the 4 original Sampleapp_v107_GA-disks[1234].vmdk to VM Player does NOT work as described below.
"Edit VM settings" "Remove" "Hard Disk"
"Edit VM settings" "Add" "Hard Disk" "Next" "Use an existing virtual disk" "Browse" "Finish" "Keep existing format" "Ok" for each 4 disks settings one by one.
Start VM Player 4.
"You do not have write access to a partition"
Allow all
Sampleapp_v107 OEL linux launches. OEL stalls silently after 'Checking filesystems'.
