Support Position for Oracle Products Running on VMWare

Support Position for Oracle Products Running on VMWare Virtualized Environments (Doc ID 249212.1)



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APPLIES TO:

Oracle WebLogic Server - Version 10.3.6 and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.2 and later
Enterprise Manager Base Platform - Version 12.1.0.3.0 and later
Oracle Database Gateway for DRDA - Version 10.2.0.3 and later
Oracle Fusion Middleware - Version 11.1.1.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
SCOPE: This note applies to all Oracle products but we have no easy way of adding all of them to the header.
DETAILS

*** Checked for currency: 10-JUL-2013 ***


Purpose
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Explain to customers how Oracle supports our products when running on VMware

Scope & Application
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For Customers running Oracle products on VMware virtualized environments.
No limitation on use or distribution.


Support Status for VMware Virtualized Environments
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Oracle has not certified any of its products on VMware virtualized
environments. Oracle Support will assist customers running Oracle products
on VMware in the following manner: Oracle will only provide
support for issues that either are known to occur on the native OS, or
can be demonstrated not to be as a result of running on VMware.

If a problem is a known Oracle issue, Oracle support will recommend the
appropriate solution on the native OS.  If that solution does not work in
the VMware virtualized environment, the customer will be referred to VMware
for support.   When the customer can demonstrate that the Oracle solution
does not work when running on the native OS, Oracle will resume support,
including logging a bug with Oracle Development for investigation if required.

If the problem is determined not to be a known Oracle issue, we will refer
the customer to VMware for support.   When the customer can demonstrate
that the issue occurs when running on the native OS, Oracle will resume
support, including logging a bug with Oracle Development for investigation
if required.

NOTE:  Oracle has not certified any of its products on VMware.  For Oracle RAC, Oracle will only
accept Service Requests as described in this note on Oracle RAC 11.2.0.2 and later
releases.