Oracle 11g in Virtual Machine

Hi Gurus,
I would like to gather input from you, what is the pro and con, advantages and disadvantages for putting Oracle 11g in Virtual Machine (VMWare, Oracle VM, Virtual Box, etc.)
and will there be any licensing issue with this.
Currently we have CPU Based license for our Production and Named User license for the Dev.
thanks in advance for your time.
Lie

If you put Oracle db in VMWare then you have a non-certified configuration, and you could be alone (I mean without Oracle support) if you have a problem than Oracle support cannot reproduce in a certified configuration. I would avoid a non-certified configuration for a production environment.
So, two choices :
* go for Oracle VM
* go without VM at all
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