VirtualBox Commands

Using VirtualBox you can run multiple Virtual Machines (VMs) on a single server, allowing you to run both RAC nodes on a single machine. Here are some of the useful command to create a virtual SAN storage.

To set a UUID of a hard drive run this
> VBoxManage internalcommands setvdiuuid disk2.vdi

Create the disks and associate them with VirtualBox as virtual media.
> VBoxManage createhd --filename asm1.vdi --size 5120 --format VDI --variant Fixed
Connect them to the VM.
> VBoxManage storageattach ol6-112-rac1 --storagectl "SATA" --port 1 --device 0 --type hdd \
    --medium asm1.vdi --mtype shareable

To manually clone a virtual disk
> VBoxManage clonehd /u01/VirtualBox/ol6-112-rac1/ol6-112-rac1.vdi /u03/VirtualBox/ol6-112-rac2/ol6-112-rac2.vdi