Ahbaid, If you are an IOUG member, then check out Dan Norris' paper on building a RAC using a single PC using VMWare. > I am thinking of building a non-production RAC using a VM solution, I think this paper was based on a note written by Tim Hall (Oracle-base.com?) -- John Kanagaraj <>< DB Soft Inc http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnkanagaraj http://jkanagaraj.wordpress.com (Sorry - not an Oracle blog!) ** The opinions and facts contained in this message are entirely mine and do not reflect those of my employer or customers ** -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l