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*         About the VM           *
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(*) Oracle Database 12c R1 (12.1.0.2) on Linux 7.8

(*) VM Software: Oracle VirtualBox

(*) Oracle Database specifications:
– RAC/non-RAC: non-RAC
– CDB/non-CDB: non-CDB
– Oracle Restart (ASM) configured?: No
– installed schema: soe (This is the schema used by Swingbench 2.6)
– EM Express: not enabled (because it is Flash-based)
– Archivelog mode: disabled

Upload version: 1.0
Upload date: 22-May-2021

(*) Auto-startup script is configured:
/etc/oratab
/etc/init.d/dbora

(*) It was built and tested using Oracle VirtualBox version 6.0.22

(*) To use it, in Oracle VirtualBox, go to File -> Import appliance

(*) Passwords:
root password: baraka@2021
oracle password: baraka@2021
Database system user passwrods: ABcd##1234
soe password: ABcd##1234

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* Recommended Actions Before Starting up the VM for the First Time *
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– Change the Adapter name in the Network Adapter 1 setting to match the network card in your environment.

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* Recommended Actions After Starting up the VM for the First Time *
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(*) If the VirtualBox release used is later than 6.0.22, update the Guest Additions
(*) The VM is assigned a statis IP address. Verify that the assigned static IP address is compatible with your network. If you need to change the IP address of the VM, perform the following:
1. Startup the VM login to its VirtualBox window as root
2. Open the network settings: Application > System Tools > Settings > Network > under the Wires box, click on the grear button
3. Click on the IPv4 tab and change the IP address then click on Apply button
4. Disable and then enable the network card but switching it toggle off and on again.
5. Update the new IP address of srv1 in the /etc/hosts file

(*) To login to the database using SQL*Plus:
1. Login as root
2. Issue the following commands
su – oracle
sqlplus / as sysdba

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* Applied Patches *
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– none

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* Actions Performed after VM installation *
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– Set SELINUX=permissive in /etc/selinux/config
– Disable firewall
– set “UseDNS no” and “GSSAPIAuthentication no” in /etc/ssh/sshd_config (to fix the delay in the login to the system from Putty)
– OS updated on May-22-2021 (yum update)