Hi, I just checked the schedule and it looks like the presentations have not been picked yet for June. I sent this to the oclug-board last week and still have not heard back. Would the OCLUG would be interested in this. Perhaps I didn't send it to the right place .? I would appreciate getting an indication either way as soon as possible. Thank you. From: G L Quesnel [mailto:gquesnel [ at ] magma [ dot ] ca] Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 8:40 PM To: 'oclug-board [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca' Subject: Presentation proposal: Building Sandboxes in my Basement Dear Board Member: After struggling for a long time, trying to create an Oracle database cluster (RAC), I've finally succeeded in creating my own testing environment. I would like to share the process of creating multiple sandboxes using the latest releases of Ubuntu (11.04) and VirtualBox. The presentation would be a mix of live demos and slides (for steps that run for 2 minutes or more). I think that the presentation could last an hour. Here is a brief outline for the presentation: 1. What I am trying to achieve 2. Intro: Hardware and software 3. Steps for setup (mix of live demos) a. Creating the virtual box b. Tweaking the server inside the sandbox c. Adding shared storage d. Cloning into another box 4. Interactions between sandboxes (live demos) 5. Lesson learned and cleaning up 6. Questions Would the OCLUG be interested in this? Guy Quesnel Oracle 7.3/8/8i/9i/10g Certified DBA (OCP) 171 Anna Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Z 7V1 Phone: (613) 722-7081 Cell: (613) 406-3575