Solaris

Hello folks,
just one technical question. Is possible to create two node Oracle cluster on VMware running on 32 bit system??
I know that in past was problem with 32-bit libraries required by cluster framework and as a alternative was recommended to use Solaris Express which included these libraries.

I suppose that Solaris 11 is based on Solaris Express, but before I try it I would like ask if this is supposed to be working.


Many thanks.

Stan

Perhaps I'm missing something here. Why do you want to do that in the first place? Is this for test purposes only?

If I understand your post you are considering putting two guest Solaris nodes on the same VMware platform? Am I correct?

The generic purpose of all clustering is to protect against total platform failure so putting two (or all) nodes of a cluster on the same platform defeats everything since if that platform goes down the user service goes down too.

Please explain and we'll try to answer.

A logical explanation would be to gain experience with clustering. However, I would never put this into production. The clustering licenses would be 'cost prohibitive' when installed on a decent host.