I keep “playing'” with 12c, and this time I’d like to show you how easy is to install the Pre-Built VMs provided by Oracle.

As I mentioned, the process is very simple, these are the requirements to install it:

• At least 2GB RAM. Default VM is 1G RAM, for better performance increase.
• At least 15GB of free space (Note: virtualization works best with contiguous space so it is a good idea if on Windows to run a defrag program, and make sure you are using NTFS for your file system to handle large files on Windows. )
• 2GHz Processor (a lesser processor will be acceptable but slower)
• Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or higher, Internet Explorer 7 or higher, Safari 3.0 and higher or Google Chrome 1.0 or higher
• Adobe Acrobat reader
• Admin privileges on your box

So now that you know the minimum requirements, let’s move to the installation process:

1. Download and install Oracle VM VirtualBox on your host system from HERE.
2. Download the Virtual Machine from HERE. (DownloadOTN_Developer_Day_VM.ova (5,215,947,264 bytes, md5sum: 4e8ef75cdbd0fbe3d3beee8f873b2d4a)
3. Open Oracle VM VirtualBox and Import your VM: File > Import Appliance to launch Appliance Import Wizard.
   Click Choose… to browse to the directory you re-assembled all the files in and select the OTN_Developer_Day_VM.ova.  Then click Next to begin importing the virtual machine. It will prompt you to agree to the appropriate developer licenses while importing. You will see ‘Oracle Developer Days (Powered Off)’ when it is finished importing.
4. Test your VM: Once the import has completed, double-click the OTN Developer Days VM. Click OK to close the Virtualbox Information dialogs. When you get to the Enterprise Linux 6 screen you can now login. (Username and password is oracle.) Allow the process to complete; it is ready when you see a terminal window, which you can close.
5. Once you are finished working in the guest VM you can shut it down via System > Shut Down; this will return the guest VM to the Powered Off state.

As you can see, the process is pretty simple right?

Have a nice day!!