Great, but what about standard edition and standard edition one. General license notes applicable to all software containing oracle, microsoft. Oracle standard edition uses a persocket licensing scheme, however, enterprise edition used a percore licensing scheme. Nominating a designated expert to run and negotiate your oracle licenses is one. That has been replaced by the standard edition 2, since version 12. Any oracle software used in teststaging environment must be properly licensed with a full use license under an oracle. Oracle multitenant, then the container database architecture is available in singletenant mode, that is, with one user.
Virtual appliances are packages created as a single. Throughout the course of the last decade, vmware virtualization has become the preferred platform for hundreds of thousands of customers, many of them running their business critical applications on the virtualized infrastructure. When licensing oracle programs with standard edition one or standard edition in the product name, a processor is counted equivalent to an occupied socket. Oracle database standard edition 2 may only be licensed on servers that have a maximum capacity of 2 sockets. Oracle licensing on vmware webinar vmware vsphere blog. The y value in a column means that the feature is available in the specified release. If you think about oracle licensing, the way you license the software is dependent on the used licensed model. You should be covered as long as you make a separate cluster out of these 3.
I have the processor license prices, but am not sure if we need to apply core factors as well be using a single multicore processor. The purpose of this policy document is to define which of these partitioning technologies is deemed to be soft, hard or an oracle trusted partition, and under what conditions oracle permits them as a means to determine or limit the number of oracle proces sor licenses required for a given server, i. Licensing oracle database std edition 2 on vmware cluster. Standard edition one may only be licensed on servers that have a maximum capacity of two processors.
All you need to know about oracle database licensing with. Oracle database standard edition 2 december 22nd, 2015. The new product is called oracle standard edition one. Mar 27, 2015 oracle licensing on vmware, cloud, hyper v and other virtualised platforms 1. I have added a piece of paper to my copy of my employment contract stating that, in effect as of today, my hour no longer has 60, but only 30 minutes. When licensing oracle programs with standard edition one or standard edition in the product name, a processor is counted equivalent to a socket.
But, oracle standard has a limit to 4 physical cpus, so if you extend your vmware environment with 1 physical esx host so you would have 3x2cpu then you can not use standard db 1cpu licenses, and you need to use enterprise licenses. Virtualbox may be installed on windows, macos, linux, solaris and. Oracle standard edition one and standard edition 2 may only be licensed on authorized cloud environment instances up to eight amazon vcpus or eight azure vcpus. Standard edition has been for longtime the stepbrother of enterprise edition, with less features, no options, but cheaper than ee. Sep 01, 2016 there used to be a standard edition, and a standard edition one. Understanding oracle certification, support and licensing for. Vmware corp published a white paper in november 2011 titled understanding oracle certification, support, and licensing for vmware environments. Lets say you have 3 x 1u servers with 1 1 socket in each server. Oracle standard edition licensing on oracle vm 1003420 apr 16, 20 6. Before looking into the details of licensing oracle software in vmwares vcenter 6. Vmware is announcing the sponsorship of a webinar to address confusion on the subject of licensing oracle software running on vsphere. Jan 04, 2017 oracle licensing on vmware sessions have been run successfully in many trade shows events notably ioug, emc world, vmworld, also webinars, where it has been proved beyond any doubt, that there are only there are only 3 documents which are contractual and relevant for any oracle licensing discussion and contractual.
Drs host affinity is a vsphere feature that enables you to ensure that your oracle applications are restricted to move only between a subset of the hoststhat is, not all hardware in the cluster is available to the oracle software. At the center of many of these bca environments is the oracle database management system. Where computersblades are clustered, each computerblade within the cluster shall be defined as a system. Oracle rac 11g r2 standard edition on vsphere long white.
To create an oracle standby database, you replicate the oracle primary database to a secondary machine by applying its online or archived redo logs. If this customer is running the same databases on a standard edition or a standard edition one, he has to license two oracle processors since two sockets are occupied. Oracle database express edition oracle database xe is an entrylevel edition of oracle database that is quick to download, simple to install and manage, and is free to develop, deploy, and distribute. Scott salyer director global systems engineering enablement, vmware 10 years with vmware may 2007 10time consecutive speaker at vmworld 20 years enterprise architecture and microsoft application experience, including sql server, directory services including ad, automationscripting, identityaccess management, and exchange. A second package called the virtualbox open source edition ose was. In addition, notwithstanding any provision in your oracle license agreement to the contrary, each oracle database standard edition 2 database may use a maximum of 16 cpu threads at any time.
This table can help you understand the difference between the editions and determine whether you require. Oracle standard edtion and oracle edition one will be licensed based on the quantity of sockets containing a cpu. Can you provide an example for oracle database licensing model on vmware. When used with oracle real application clusters, oracle database standard edition 2 may only be licensed on a maximum of 2 one socket servers.
You do, however, have to license all cpu sockets in the physical hardware if using vmware. Then either they, or you, should define your requirements and use of vmware upfront in the oracle contract, says. In addition, notwithstanding any provision in your oracle license agreement to the contrary, each oracle database standard edition 2 database may use a maximum of 16 cpu. Oracle licensing on vmware sessions have been run successfully in many trade shows events notably ioug, emc world, vmworld, also webinars, where it has been proved beyond any doubt, that there are only there are only 3 documents which are contractual and relevant for any oracle licensing discussion and contractual. Oracle weblogic server standard edition license 1 processor delivered via electronic distribution oracle weblogic server standard edition, a full java ee application server, offers everything you need to costeffectively build and deploy highperformance, transactional web sites for your customers, employees, and suppliers. Oracle database xe makes it easy to upgrade to the other editions of oracle without costly and complex migrations. Database recovery portal for microsoft sql dbs restore individual databases back to the original server or a new sql server with a single click through a web ui. Oracle licensing on vmware, cloud, hyper v and other virtualised platforms 1. This can be staged on separate servers or on the same servers used to run a development or production environment.
Oracle application server standard edition one has the same features and functionality as oracle application server standard edition, but with the following deployment restrictions. Understanding oracle certification, support and licensing. A cal entitles each user or device to access an unlimited number of sql servers great for environments with few users and many sql servers. Oracle on vmware vsphere, vsan, vxrail and vmware cloud. Thanks for your time, i need some advise on the licensing for oracle database std edition 2 on vmware cluster no drs. Note that all prices quoted below are from the oracle store, oracle store. Oracle vm virtualbox is a free and opensource hosted hypervisor for x86 virtualization, developed by oracle corporation. The oracle store web site has complete msrp prices for oracle database licenses. I wonder if that inclusion led to oracles september 2012 versioning of its partitioning policy document mentioned earlier. Oracle fusion middleware licensing information user manual. Oracle uses the following definitions oracle linux support and oracle vm support global price list. A copy of the document also appears in appendix 2 of this guide. May 02, 2016 before looking into the details of licensing oracle software in vmwares vcenter 6. Also see my notes on oracle standby database enterprise and standard edition overview of oracle store license rules.
After many years of existence, standard edition and standard edition one will no longer be part of the oracle database edition portfolio. The customer has to license 2 sockets x 8 cores x 0. The standard edition can only be licensed on servers or server clusters that have a maximum capacity of 4 processor sockets. The same is true if you are using standard edition licensing because according to page 15 of the software investment guide when licensing oracle programs with standard edition one or standard edition in the product name, a processor is counted equivalent to an occupied socket. All you need to know about oracle database licensing with vmware. Database trends and analysis will host the webinar. Straight talk on oracle on vmware licensing in 2017. Standard edition one processor licensing 587651 feb 11, 2010 9. Main difference in the licenseperspective is that standard edition had a minimum of 5 named users per organization, which was a very attractive deal for some organization. Licensing oracle software in the cloud computing environment. Understanding oracle database licensing policies neeraj. Server cal licensing only available in standard edition upgrades from previous enterprise versions with sa will allow utilization of existing cals but no new ones. Hi im trying to get to the bottom of the licensing for standard edition one and also standard edition. Oracle data guard is a feature of oracle database enterprise edition that provides a set of tools to manage one or more oracle standby databases for high availability and disaster recovery.
Many oracle products, including the database, have license metrics that involve. The oracle pdf of database licensing states the following. Don sullivan will moderate a discussion between david welch of house of brick and daniel hesselink of license consulting. But, oracle standard has a limit to 4 physical cpus, so if you extend your vmware environment with 1 physical esx host so you would have 3x2cpu then you can not use standard db 1cpu licenses, and you need to use enterprise licenses that are licensed per core with ratio 0. The complete vmware learning zone experience plus access to all exam preps. However, from oracle brief db se2 you dont have to pay the. Effective 1sept2015, when licensing standard edition db programs, a. Oracle 12c database standard edition will only be available as a 12. Oracle standard edition one this version is less expensive than the standard version.
This product is covered by one or more patents listed at. This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are. Sep 07, 2015 when used with oracle real application clusters, oracle database standard edition 2 may only be licensed on a maximum of 2 one socket servers. Return of the fud oracle licensing on vmware vsphere long. Database licensing information user manual oracle docs. Oracle standard edition has no multicore licensing. The core factor only applies in enterprise edition. When licensing oracle programs with standard edition one, standard edition 2 or standard edition in the product name, a processor is counted equivalent to a socket.
Oracle standard edition licensing on oracle vm oracle community. The bottom line is that he says to clients to avoid putting oracle on vmware just dont do it. Return of the fud oracle licensing on vmware vsphere. Oracle rac 11g r2 standard edition offers great value for companies that need the availability and features that are provided, and with workloads that can fit within the license limits and you license the infrastructure where oracle software is installed andor run. Standard edition one processor licensing oracle community. You know how people complain that oracle licensing can be very complicated. Standard edition and the standard edition one, in the server where the. In this case, drs host affinity rules can be used to appropriately restrict the movement of virtual machines within the cluster.
Is oracle db licensing needed for a test environment. I have 3x cpu oracle database license std one 3 sockets, perceptual with ongoing subscription, running on 3 1u physical servers. Created by innotek, it was acquired by sun microsystems in 2008, which was in turn acquired by oracle in 2010. If you use standard edition or standard edition one on a 2 processor system you simply need 2 processor licenses. Entire computer perform imagebased backups from inside the guest, both at the filelevel and the volumelevel volume level perform imagebased backups from inside the guest, both at the filelevel and the volumelevel filelevel perform. Unfortunately, it is often the case, that significant confusion regarding how. When used with oracle real application clusters, oracle database standard edition 2 may only be licensed on a maximum of 2 onesocket servers.
Oracle standard edition the standard edition costs about the same amount as a microsoft sql server. Oracle linux licensing issues in standalone and oracle vm. My company has a guy ex oracle who specialises in oracle licensing. But along with the great news, comes some news that is not so great. If licensing database standard edition 2 by named user plus metric, the minimums are 10 nup licenses per 8 amazon vcpus or 8 azure vcpus.
Oracle standard edition licensing on oracle vm oracle. Standard edition, standard edition one or standard edition. As of august 2005, oracle has two pricing models, named user plus and processor. Even if you are compliant to start with, it doesnt take much to go wrong and oracle hit you with penalties. The recommendations in this guide are not specific to any. Designed for advanced users, developers, qa, and it. From the price list, the se2 costs x3 the price of se1. There used to be a standard edition, and a standard edition one. Feb 24, 2016 nominating a designated expert to run and negotiate your oracle licenses is one. The oracle software investment guide says the following teststaging teststaging environments are used to verify that new or customized code runs properly. Oracle certification and support for vmware environments.
For example, a multicore chip based server with an oracle processor core factor of 0. Oracle database licensing with vmware dbi services. Standard edition, standard edition one or standard edition 2. Bronze, silver and gold editions licensing by agents and features. Oracle on vmware vsphere, vsan, vxrail and vmware cloud on. This oracle databases on vmware best practices guide provides best practice guidelines for deploying oracle databases on vmware vsphere. Mar 30, 2012 oracle processor core factor table by oracle.
Oracle does not have it in detail in their licence clauses, tough for the licensing of oracle products under vmware vsphere there are new rules. Additionally, oracle halved the maximum number of vcpus that you are allowed to use in azure instances running standard edition 2 from eight to four. Saving money by understanding oracle licensing part 2 amis. Oracle standard edition has no multicore licensing restrictions. Oct 14, 2003 the new product is called oracle standard edition one. Dec 17, 2014 oracle standard edition the standard edition costs about the same amount as a microsoft sql server. Main specifications product description oracle weblogic server standard edition license category development tools subcategory development tools web applications license type license license qty named user plus license pricing standard distribution media download extended specifications general category development tools. Oracle licensing welcome to the oracle faq oracle faq. Reading this in hemants blog from last june, he made an interesting observation 1. Virt1817be oracle licensing on vmware or distribution for. Saving money by understanding oracle licensing part 2. The price list shows the public price when you buy standard edition two. Oracle has priced for the xeon quadcore processor at the rate of 1 processor based on the single socket justified as when licensing oracle programs with standard edition one or standard edition in the product name, a processor is counted equivalent to an occupied socket for a 3year licence. Apr 16, 20 oracle standard edition licensing on oracle vm 1003420 apr 16, 20 6.
Vmware delivers virtualization benefits via virtual machine, virtual server, and virtual pc solutions. Then either they, or you, should define your requirements and use of. Oracle licensing on vmware, cloud, hyper v and other. You also are now able to protect vmware, oracle and enterprise vault should. Oracle doubled the costs for database licenses on ms azure.
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