Hi there, i wonder if anyone can help, i have an application that is compiled to run on solaris sparc 10 we currently run it on sun sparc v490ss. Last week during oracle openworld, oracle announced the availability of the openstack nova driver for oracle vm server for sparc logical domains. Aug 12, 2008 earlier today gregg pointed me to new oss drivers fix sound issues in opensolaris on mac os x and lo and behold they do at least in virtualbox. Hi all, recently i tried solaris for some tasks at work. There are two methods of installing solaris as a virtual machine in virtualbox. Oracle vm template for oracle vm server with oracle solaris 10. Oracle has had another vm solution that can run on sparc servers and host sparc solaris. Vm virtualbox runs on x86 desktops and laptops running windows, linux, mac os x and oracle solaris.
Virtualbox should run very well with solaris, sun and now oracle made sure of that. This time it will be about emulating the legendary sun solaris 2. To enable the audio, select settings the opensolaris virtual machine must be powered down and then. Network configuration for solaris 11 in virtualbox dzone cloud. Platform virtualization software, specifically emulators and hypervisors, are software packages. This vm template is for use in oracle vm virtualbox, a crossplatform tool that runs on windows, linux, mac os x, and oracle solaris. Windows hosts os x hosts linux distributions solaris hosts.
Sparc stands for scalable processor architecture and is a risc reduced instruction set computing design. Need oracle solaris 10 sparc vm template for virtualbox. Starting with the solaris 1008 os, the driver required by the hba is provided with the solaris os. Oracle vm virtualbox oracle vm virtualbox is crossplatform virtualization software that allows you to extend your existing computer to run multiple operating systems at the same time. But if you have a desktop or laptop, you can learn everything using vmware workstation. You can use the sparc hypervisor with its commandline interface or through the admin guis available in ovm manager or opscenter. How to create solaris virtual machine in vmware workstation. For windows, you can download the latest binary from the qemu site.
Installing oracle solaris 11 in virtualbox the geek diary. We need to name the new virtual machine and set the typeversion as solaris oracle solaris 11 64bit set the memory of the virtual machine to atleast 1. Sep 22, 2016 hi all, recently i tried solaris for some tasks at work. Can anyone tell me from where can i download oracle solaris 10 sparc vm template for virtualbox. Solaris 11 express virtualbox vm oracle solaris blog. Parallels is fine when you want to run windows but they still seem to lack a bit in the nonwindows department linux is fine though. Some of the newer sparc cpus are also much more power efficient power and cooling is a big deal in datacenters.
Hi all, actually i need to install solaris 10 version over vmware which is installed over my windows machine. Since version 5 july 2015, virtualbox has stated that they are dropping support for windows xp host, 64 thus leaving its users with windows xp hosts vulnerable to flaws of earlier releases. It doesnt include applications that will run on oracle solaris 11 that were designed and build for oracle solaris 10 nor 8 and 9 for that matter. Now i want to install solaris 10 sparc vm inside virtualbox. You do understand that virtualbox is not a cpu simulator, right. First, recall that virtualbox was originally developed by innotek for the x86. This vm template is for use in oracle vm virtualbox, a crossplatform tool that runs on windows. Installing solaris 8 in virtualbox retrocomputing with 90s. First, recall that virtualbox was originally developed. Logical domains ldoms or ldom is the server virtualization and partitioning technology for sparc v9 processors. Fusion also does a very good job at virtualising nonwindows systems unlike parallels does. Oct 08, 2012 simply example how to installing os oracle solaris 11 on virtualbox. These templates are managed by oracle vm virtualbox a crossplatform tool that runs on windows, linux, mac os x, and oracle solaris and supports running. Solaris opensolaris this forum is for the discussion of solaris, opensolaris, openindiana, and illumos.
How to ensure that the mac address of an interface is unique. If necessary, manually configure the remaining interfaces so that all interfaces have unique mac addresses. However, every sparc based system has a systemwide mac address, which by default is used by all interfaces. You can run it within virtualbox on your mac or pc.
Oracle vm server for sparc physicaltovirtual conversion tool. Installing solaris 8 in virtualbox retrocomputing with. My customers get a kick out of watching me jumpstart their sparc gear from this setup use bridged, not shared adapters. Let us setup a virtualbox virtual machine with solaris 11. Virtualbox can be run under windows, gnulinux, macos, sun solaris and freebsd. Images for several opensolaris versions are available. As you can see, i have three virtual images, testing which is included with virtualbox, elm which is from some earlier testing i did using an early version of linux, and. Jul 20, 20 this session will cover step by step installation of solaris 10 in oracle vm virtualbox. Since i have kept disk type as dynamic in virtualbox so till the time i actually fill up space the disk file on my windows will be smaller in size. Oracle virtualbox with extension pack puel and guest additions gplv2, yes, yes, yes, yes, opengl 2. Some other things to note is that in virtualbox for mac os x, the audio is disabled by default. If you chose to create a bootable array on a sparc system as part of your installation see creating a bootable array on a sparc system, you can install the solaris 1008 s10u6 operating system os, at minimum, on that bootable array. In this lab, you will learn how to install the oracle solaris 11.
If you are talking sparc architecture then afaik a solaris 9 zone known as a legacy zone is not supported on a solaris 11 host global zone. Why doesnt virtualbox support sparc even though both. Because i needed the solaris headerfiles installed to be able to build software on the system i chose the end user plus developer cluster of packages to install. Its just amazing the you can install most of the operating systems under vmware workstation and here we are going to see about how to setup solaris 10 virtual machines. Jun 20, 2012 parallels support for solaris is not as good as fusion or virtualbox, where i usually run those. On that solaris version i need to install weblogic application server, i need to know where can i download solaris 10 for this and also what is the difference in sparc and x86 version and. Once the system is restarted we are ready to use virtualbox for building vms. After installation, you can find an oracle vm virtualbox icon in the applications folder in the finder. Comparison of platform virtualization software wikipedia. However, if you used solaris 10 as your host os then setting up a solaris 9 legacy zone on that is easy. There is no need for software layers like vmware, xen, or virtualbox. Even if virtualbox was ported to solaris on sparc, im not sure what needs would be met, that are not already met by the virtualization options already available. Then just doubleclick on the solaris 11 zip archive to open it up and feed it to virtualbox.
Oracle vm template for oracle solaris from the list select. Hello, please, can somebody tell me if can i virtualize solaris 11 sparc architecture in a x86 pc. Once the virtual box software is installed we can click to start creating the new vm for solaris. As installation of oracle vm virtualbox varies depending on your host operating system, the following sections provide installation instructions for windows, mac os x, linux, and oracle solaris. Need to run an oraclesolaris 11 system for testing but dont want to buy a new system. Lack of sound has been a big drag on my day to day use of opensolaris, often forcing me to return to os x when i need to hear something. The oracle vm server for sparc physicaltovirtual p2v conversion tool automatically converts an existing physical system to a virtual system that runs the oracle solaris 10 os in a logical domain on a chip multithreading cmt system. Can anyone tell me from where can i download oracle solaris 10. Solaris 11 is the recommended version for building virtualbox. Sparc systems come with their own, built in hypervisor. That last number in the fun facts is interesting because that number is a small subset of applications that will run on oracle solaris 11. The longer answer addresses why it wouldnt do those things. The sparc version of solaris 10 cant run on virtual box.
Compiling virtualbox for a sparc os was never the problem. This server hosts a legacy erp application that i need to keep for reference purposes ideally id like to take a virtual image of this server and access it as a virtual guest but running into problems how to create a virtual sparc image. Installing solaris on virtualbox was not so difficult, and there were quite a few resources on the internet. Simply example how to installing os oracle solaris 11 on virtualbox. On that solaris version i need to install weblogic application server, i need to know where can. I have windows 7 64 bit as host os on which ive installed virtualbox 4. Jul 26, 2012 many of them want to become unix expert but they wont get opportunity to play on it. Because i needed the solaris headerfiles installed to be able to build software on the system i.
I have a solaris sparc server v880 using solaris 5. Solaris 10 installation in oracle virtualbox vm youtube. Oracle vm server for sparc physicaltovirtual conversion. To mount a shared folder in a opensolaris guest in virtualbox, you have to install the guest additions and then mount the file system type vboxfs. Esx can not run sparc solaris, it only virutalises x86 chipsets. A couple of weeks ago i wrote about the release of the solaris 10 0910 virtualbox vm. Tecoms were historic sparc consumers due to nebs compliance. It was first released by sun microsystems in april 2007. If you chose to create a bootable array on a sparc system as part of your installation see creating a bootable array on a sparc system, you can install the solaris 1008 s10u6 operating system os. Many of them want to become unix expert but they wont get opportunity to play on it. The vms have the support, but i cant do the vms work on the solaris. General sun, sunos and sparc related questions also go here. Oracle vm virtualbox formerly sun virtualbox, sun xvm virtualbox and innotek virtualbox is a free and opensource hosted hypervisor for x86 virtualization, developed by oracle corporation. Configuring network for solaris 11 in virtual box notebook.
Designed for it professionals, oracle vm virtualbox runs on windows, mac os x, linux and oracle solaris systems and is ideal for testing, one machine. Jul 27, 20 setting up a solaris lab virtualbox comments solaris 11, solaris10, virtualbox by bill calkins july 27, 20 july 27, 20 virtual environments provide an excellent sandbox for you to try out and get some real hands on experience with oracle solaris x86. That last number in the fun facts is interesting because that number is a small subset of applications that will run on oracle. Yesterday, a virtualbox image for solaris 11 express was released. Oracle vm templates for sparc and x86 for oracle solaris 10.
Sep 22, 20 back to virtualbox now the solaris installer proper was up and running and working fine. This means that sparc servers hosting guest domains sparc virtual machines can be administered by openstack to create and run sparcbased clouds. Sound in virtualbox from macos x host oracle solaris blog. My boss wants us to move all our appication to our new vmware. Oracle vm templates for oracle vm virtualbox for oracle solaris 10. Build your own sparc workstation with qemu and solaris. Virtual pc 7 for mac, connectix and microsoft, powerpc, x86, mac os x, windows, os2, linux, proprietary. Rather than using a virtual machine to run the x86 version of solaris, well use qemu to emulate the actual sparc hardware used by sun machines back in the 90s. Installing solaris on virtualbox was not so difficult and there were quite a few resources in the internet. After the oracle acquisition of sun in january 2010, the product has been rebranded as oracle vm server for sparc from version 2.
Solaris provides a default partition recommendation. Network configuration for solaris 11 in virtualbox dzone. We need to name the new virtual machine and set the typeversion as solarisoracle solaris 11 64bit. This session will cover step by step installation of solaris 10 in oracle vm virtualbox. Back to virtualbox now the solaris installer proper was up and running and working fine. In fact, i run a solaris 10 vm under fusion as a jumpstart server from my mba. Dr answer is simple, it wouldnt make any money or provide any strategic advantage. Kernel zones are not supported by oracle vm virtualbox. Unless we have a very specific requirement we can go ahead with the default option. Hi there, i wonder if anyone can help, i have an application that is. As noted in comments above, it scales better, so youll tend to see larger systems. Apr 01, 2014 then just doubleclick on the solaris 11 zip archive to open it up and feed it to virtualbox.
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