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Virtualization of databases has become increasingly popular. There are many advantages to virtualizing the database, including consolidation, agility, and ease of management. We chose to virtualize the Oracle database with VMware vSphere version 7.3. With virtualization, there is another layer of configuration that applies to the database. As virtualization impacts every part of the database infrastructure, our approach was to integrate VMware best practices with each physical layer rather than having a dedicated section for virtualization. For example, storage best practices from VMware include recommendations for ESXi round robin. This integration should simplify reviewing best practices as both physical and virtualization recommendations are presented for each part of the infrastructure.