How to configure virtual machine on VMware workstation for Oracle Linux 6.4 and Oracle database 12c Installation

Follow the screen shots below

Click on create New virtual machine.

Click on custom (advanced) and then click next

Keep the values default and Click on next

You can download oracle enterprise Linux 6.4 from https://edelivery.oracle.com/

You need to create free oracle account if you don’t have one.

Click on Installer disc image file and click on browse to locate the .iso image for Oracle enterprise Linux 6.4

Select the .iso image and click on open

Click on next

Name the virtual machine name. As I will be using the machine to install oracle database 12c I have named as Oracle DB12c. you can name as per your needs. For location you can browse and select any

location as per the available disk space on your computer. This is the location where all your vmware configuration files and hard disk file will be located.

Select number of processor as per your requirements. It depend upon the number of processor installed on your physical machine

I have selected 2gb memory. You can select as per your requirements and this also depends upon the number of memory installed on your physical machine.

I am using bridged networking as I will have access to my host machine (physical machine) as well as internet. You can also select NAT which will give you internet access.

Keep this SCSI controller as LSI Logic that’s the recommended one and most of the servers are using SCSI controller this days.

Click on create a new virtual disk to add virtual disk. This also depends upon free space on your physical machine’s hard drive.

Click on next

Click on SCSI and click next

I have select 15gb as I will be using this for Oracle Linux installation only for Oracle database 12c installation I will add another 30GB disk later in this tutorial.

Click on store virtual disk as single file and click next.

You can keep the name as default or rename as per your requirement. Click on next

Click on finish

Now we will reconfigure the virtual machine to remove unwanted components and add additional hard drive for oracle database installation.

Click on Edit virtual machine settings

Now click on printer and click remove

Click on sound card and click remove

Click on floppy disk and click remove as we will not be using this components

After removing your machine will look like below

Now we will add additional disk drive of 30GB for oracle database installation

Click on create a new virtual disk.

Click on scsi (recommended) and click on next

Input the disk size I have select 30GB and click on store virtual disk as single file.

Click on ok and your virtual machine is ready for OS installation.