Configure Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Simulator for Oracle VirtualBox (Oracle Unified Storage Simulator)

Prerequisites

• 2560 megabytes of memory
• 125 gigabytes of dynamically allocated disk space
• CPU has 64-bit capability and supports hardware virtualization
• Check that either Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) or Advanced Micro Devices Virtualization (AMD-V) is enabled on your system.
• Download Simulator HERE
• Download and install the latest VirtualBox (In my case I am using VirtualBox 6.1) - Minimum required version is 4.2.12

Lets start configuring Simulator

Verify that a host-only adapter is defined and Enable the DHCP server after making changes to the configuration information displayed in the dialog box.

Complete the following steps to set up the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Simulator in VirtualBox.

1. Start VirtualBox and navigate to File > Import Appliance. 

2. Navigate to and choose the Simulator OVF file and click Next. 

3. If desired, change any of the default settings, including the name. The RAM setting must be at least 2560 megabytes, which is the default. In my case I changed to 4000 MB 

4. Click Import. 

5. Select the Simulator in VirtualBox and go to Settings > System > Acceleration. Verify that "Enable VT-x/AMD-V" is checked.

6. Now start the Virutal Machine by clicking "Start", the boot screen appears. Press "Enter"

7. Press any key to begin configuration. 

8. The configuration screen appears.

9. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate among the fields on this screen.

10. Press the ESC key followed by the 1 key to confirm these settings. 

Wait until the screen provides you with two URLs to use for subsequent configuration and administration: one with the hostname you specified and one with an IP address.

11. I used URL with IP https://192.168.56.113:215/

12. Login with "root" and the password which you provided in step 9

13. Click on "START" to begin the configuration

14. Click "COMMIT" to use default network configuration.

15. Click "COMMIT" to use the DNS values provided during the initial boot.

16. Click "COMMIT" to use the default NTP settings.

17. Click "COMMIT" to take the default Name Service.

18. Now we are going to setup Storage Pool by clicking '+'

19. Provide Storage pool name, in my case "pool1"

20. Select appropriate storage profile, I am going to use this for personal use, so selected "Striped" as data protection is not primary for me but need maximum "Performance & Capacity".

21. The ZFS appliance will now present a storage profile summary screen.

22. Enter your "My Oracle Support (MOS)" details or click "LATER" 

23. Now we can configure any required services, LUNs or File Systems.

Now we are going to Create NFS 

Click on "+" to create a new Filesystem (NFS Share), Provide Name, User, Group and Permission

Click "APPLY"

You can see "oradata" NFS.