To set up Oracle VirtualBox on your Windows/MacBook, first, you have to download and Install the Oracle Virtual Box software. You can follow the steps provided in the post How to Install VirtualBox if you have not installed the Virtual Box on your computer/Laptop else please follow the below steps to set up Oracle VirtualBox:
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Check System Requirement:
- Make Sure in BIOS Virtual Technology must be enabled.
- Make sure the OS is 64bit.
- RAM should be at least 8GB.
- The processor should be at least i3.
- Disk space -HDD/SSD(SATA)/SSD (M.2/NVMe SSD) should be at least 50GB.
We have already prepared an OVA file which needs to be imported into your Virtual Box. OS has already been installed in it and database software has been placed in it. So, you do not need to Install an Operating system (OS) in it. You just have to install database software and create the database. Please send us an email at contact@dbapostmortem.com to get the OVA file.
Download the OVA File:
- First download the OVA file on your computer/laptop. I will share the OVA file over the mail. Once it is downloaded, create a folder called ORACLE in any of the drives where you have at least 50GB of free space available.
Import Virtual Appliance:
2. Now double-click on the OVA file:
3. Please provide any machine name (here Machine1), CPU, and RAM (If you have more than 16GB RAM then you can provide 8GB also). Change the Machine Base Folder to the ORACLE folder that you have created to store the OVA file.
4. Change MAC address policy to Include all network adapter MAC addresses and mark the check box of Additional Options if not marked:
5. It will take some time to import the appliance:
6. Once the import is done, you will see the machine in a powered-off state and all the details:
Network setup:
7. Now click on Machine1 and then settings. In settings, click on Network and crosscheck the below details:
Start the Machine and log in:
8. Once all is done, start the Virtual Box by double-clicking on the start button and it will open another window. Please wait for some time to start the machine.
9. Once the machine starts, it will ask for a username and password. the user is root and the password is root123.
10. Congratulations! You have successfully logged in to your virtual Machine1 and the set up Oracle VirtualBox is completed.
You can go through the article Install and Setup VirtualBox for your reference.
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