Virtual Box

Shrinking Oracle VM VirtualBox with Zerofree

In this blog I would like to talk about Shrinking a Virtual Machine with Oracle databases and MySQL which is install. Unfortunately, whilst Virtual Box will dynamically expand the hard drive as it’s required, it won’t dynamically shrink it(…)

Scripts to duplicate an Oracle database virtual machine: step two

In January, I promised to show you the next step of a procedure to manage templates with Virtual Box. Don’t worry, I have not forgotten but I was very busy! This step, the final one, consists on customizing of a virtual(…)

Scripts to duplicate an Oracle database virtual machine: step one

In my last posting of November 9, 2012, Manage templates manually with Oracle Virtual Box, I have presented a solution to duplicate virtual machines using Oracle/ Virtual Box. I did not show the scripts in this first publication, but(…)

Manage templates manually with Oracle Virtual Box

To create environments for testing, development, or demonstration, several identical virtual machines are required. Use a technology as VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V, for implementing a dedicated virtualized infrastructure and use templates, would be the best choice. This solution offers(…)