Experiences with Oracle Database 12c Release 1 on Linux on System z

Installation and initial tuning of Oracle WebLogic Server 12c on Linux on System z

This chapter describes the experience we had installing Oracle WebLogic 12c on Linux on System z.

This chapter describes the following topics:

•The setup of the Linux guest

•Downloading the code

•The installation process

•The initial setting of parameters

•The monitoring process

•Running a workload

6.1 Preparing the Linux guest

In our example, we prepare a Linux guest with the following z/VM Virtual Guest configuration:

•Two CPUs

•4 GB memory

•Five 6.8 GB disks ...