Hi,
I have to setup a lab with 15 PCs, with each host running Windows 8 or Windows 10 OS. Each Host will be running VirtualBox 5.1.22 with 2 virtual nodes each (Oracle Linux 6.3). This is for an Oracle 12c RAC setup.
Oracle 12c RAC requires a DNS server running for SCAN address resolution. I could install BIND for Windows on each host machine for the virtual hosts to resolve but that is too much work for 15 workstations.
Can i setup a single Windows 2008 / 2012 Server with DNS in the same network / subnet as the Windows hosts and setup each Linux virtual host to look at the DNS server for any name resolution?
Basically I would need to provide 3 SCAN IPs in the DNS server.
For ex: The DNS Server will be on IP 172.25.1.10. The 15 Windows hosts will be in the same subnet - from 17.25.1.100 to 17.25.1.114.
On each Windows host, the guest IP for Virtual Host No.1 is 192.168.56.101 and Virtual Host No.2 is 192.168.56.102. I guess this will be the default when i configure "host-only" adapter. I will also need to configure 2 more network cards for private communication in a cluster, but that should not an issue.
The SCAN IPs will be in the same subnet as the Virtual hosts - 192.168.56.301, 192.168.56.302 & 192.168.56.303.
All i need is that when i ping 172.25.1.10 and also the SCAN IPs (192.168.56.301, 192.168.56.302 & 192.168.56.303) from inside any Linux guest, it should resolve it.
How do i configure the network cards on each windows host?
Thanks for any help.
Best Regards,
Anand