Oracle standard edition 2 license limits max sockets to 2 and cpu threads to 16. Isnt a standard edition enough or even an standard one. 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. Oracle database licensing in a vmware virtual environment part 1. Oracle database licensing with vmware dbi services. The bottom line is that he says to clients to avoid putting oracle on vmware just dont do it. For example, a multicore chip based server with an oracle processor core factor of 0. This represents a significant market for vmware to tap with oracle and its channel and oem partners.
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. The high volume of x86 server revenue driven each year by oracle workloads makes oracle an influential business partner for key vmware oems. Oracle and vmware overview why is oracle relevant to vmware. There is no movement of the oracle database across virtual machines. Don sullivan will moderate a discussion between david welch of house of brick and daniel hesselink of license consulting.
Manage infrastructure, app delivery, and data center endpoint security from multiple clouds and platforms. I have 3x cpu oracle database license std one 3 sockets, perceptual with ongoing subscription, running on 3 1u physical servers. The same logic and formula for calculating effective number of cores applies to licensing oracle on vsan or vxrail or vmware cloud on aws. However, oracle licensing policies for vmware remain the same, so be. Many oracle products, including the database, have license metrics that involve. Understanding oracle certification, support and licensing for vmware environments by vmware.
Mysql enterprise edition subscribers get, in addition to the above, access to mysql enterprise monitor and mysql enterprise backup. Oracle databases on vmware frequently asked questions faq. Vmware is announcing the sponsorship of a webinar to address confusion on the subject of licensing oracle software running on vsphere. Oracle vmware host affinity rules oracle vmware oracle. It should be known that running vsan or vxrail in no way impacts oracle licensing and existing tools of segmentation drs affinity. Get answers from your peers along with millions of it pros who visit spiceworks. But along with the great news, comes some news that is not so great. Oracle on vmware vsphere, vsan, vxrail and vmware cloud. Vmware recommends to all vmware customers that they adhere to the specifics and fulfill the responsibilities of all their 3rd party contracts vmware has a number of partnerships with companies who have recognized expertise in the areas of database licensing on vsphere and we often recommend to vmware customers that. Oracle standard edition licensing on oracle vm oracle. To use this license, you must agree to the oracle technology network developer license terms for oracle database express edition, which are described on the following oracle. Customers may use oracle full use licenses in a development environment. Understanding oracle certification, support and licensin for vmware environments take the example of a single oracle program virtual machine with oracle software contained in a vmdk specific to the virtual machine.
The ebusiness suite and siebel implementations of vmware it are virtualized. Database trends and analysis will host the webinar. Standard edition has been for longtime the stepbrother of enterprise edition, with less features, no options, but cheaper than ee. Oracles database product is offered with two types of licenses. Is it still based on the available cpus to only the virtual. The most basic layman term oracle licensing used is need to license every cpu for the hosts which oracle products can run on. Oracle licensing oracle faq welcome to the oracle faq. Database trends and applications delivers news and analysis on big data, data science, analytics and the world of information. Multicloud management platform providing visibility, optimization, governance, and security. My company has a guy ex oracle who specialises in oracle licensing. This represents a significant market for vmware to. Oracle database xe makes it easy to upgrade to the other editions of oracle without costly and complex.
Although the olsa does not entitle oracle to audit servers not running oracle, in the last few years oracle has sought to stretch the installed andor running language of the processor definition when a customer is running a software product by vmware, which allows customers to run multiple virtual servers on one physical server. How does oracle licensing work when deploying on a vmware virtual machine. The minimums apply depending on the database edition as oracle states. Both subscriptions include 24x7, global, premier support with unlimited support incidents.
Free for personal, educational or evaluation use under the terms of the virtualbox personal use and evaluation license on windows, mac os x, linux and solaris x86 platforms. Understanding oracle certification, support and licensing. Monin carelessly running oracle, even on vmware and nutanix. We suggest you try the following to help find what youre looking for.
I mean, imagine i buy one server with two 10 core servers. My question is cpu threads limitations, is a contract limitation or a technology limitation. Standard edition one requires a minimum of 5 named user plus licenses or the total number of actual users whichever is greater. Straight talk on oracle on vmware licensing in 2017. Oracle standard edition one se1 uberblick dbconcepts.
Welcome to the oracle database express edition licensing information. Can you provide an example for oracle database licensing model on vmware. Thanks for your time, i need some advise on the licensing for oracle database std edition 2 on vmware cluster no drs. Oracle fud in my articles fight the fud oracle licensing and support on vmware vsphere and return of the fud oracle licensing on vmware vsphere, but my recent discussion with an oracle account exec opened up even more high quality fud from the. Oracle licensing on vmware webinar vmware vsphere blog. Before looking into the details of licensing oracle software in vmwares vcenter 6.
Commercial customers have the flexibility of choosing from multiple editions to meet specific business and technical requirements. Oracle customers and isvs targeting oracle lts releases. Oracle database standard edition 2 december 22nd, 2015. Vmware validated design for softwaredefined data center. 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. Anderungen bei oracle datenbank standard edition lizenzen. Oracle database standard edition one may only be licensed on servers that have a maximum capacity of 2 sockets. Oracle database standard edition 2 compare to other. Umgebungen wie zum beispiel vmware, hyperv, oraclevm usw. Standard edition, standard edition one, and enterprise edition. Oracle database licensing information user manual, 12 c release 1 12. Oracle licensing on vmware, cloud, hyper v and other. Database express edition licensing information oracle. If there is a document that describes it in detail id be happy to download it and read it.
Oracle openjdk offers the same features and performance as oracle jdk under the gpl license. End users and developers looking for free jdk versions. Then i would refrain from using the word cluster as it have many different meaning when it comes to virtual machines in terms of microsoft servers, vmware and oracle. However, before using it, you need to agree with the oracle technology network otn developer license terms. Vmware is committed to customers who are interested in running oracle on vsphere and correctly licensing oracle software on virtual infrastructure. Even if you are compliant to start with, it doesnt take much to go wrong and oracle hit you with penalties. In this post i would like to elaborate more regarding new licensing scheme from oracle since 12. Licensing oracle workloads on vmware vsan hybridall flash vxrail.
This guide covers the following oracle database express edition oracle database xe topics. Oracle standard edition one may only be licensed on servers that have a maximum capacity of 2 sockets. Create a common operating environment across onpremises, private cloud, and public cloud services. All you need to know about oracle database licensing with. The following licensing information applies when using oracle real application clusters in a clustered server environment with oracle database standard edition or oracle database standard edition 2, or when using real application clusters one node in a clustered server environment with oracle database standard edition 2. Effective 1sept2015, when licensing standard edition db programs, a. Named user plus nup based on the number of users using the database and. When used with oracle real application clusters, oracle database standard edition 2 may only be licensed on a maximum of 2 onesocket servers. Virt1817be oracle licensing on vmware or distribution for.
Ive asked our oracle rep, but she never gets back to me. Mysql standard edition subscribers now receive oracles premier support, as well as mysql workbench standard edition. Oracle standard edition uses a persocket licensing scheme, however, enterprise edition used a percore licensing scheme. Oracle database standard edition 2 may only be licensed on servers that have a maximum capacity of 2 sockets. After many years of existence, standard edition and standard edition one will no longer be part of the oracle database edition portfolio. Oracle licensing on vmware, cloud, hyper v and other virtualised platforms 1.
Oracle standard edition licensing on oracle vm 1003420 apr 16, 20 6. Mysql community edition is the freely downloadable version of the worlds most popular open source database. Oracle products are freely available for download on the oracle website. Licensing oracle database std edition 2 on vmware cluster. Vmware virtualization in conjunction with oracle products. If you think about oracle licensing, the way you license the software is dependent on the used licensed model. This is a brief explanation from oracles license document. Return of the fud oracle licensing on vmware vsphere. If you use standard edition or standard edition one on a 2 processor system you simply need 2 processor licenses. Vmware does provide a feature called host affinity rules which allows us to ensure vms running oracle products are only running on specified hosts and cannot be moved elsewhere. Vmware routinely submits and receives assistance with issues for oracle running on vmware virtual infrastructure. The introduction of oracle standard edition 2 version.
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