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Michel Cadot
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I have posted a program in our Oracle licensing wiki page.
This is a Windows program which allows you to know the installed and used options and to immediately check these later ones.

The help is the following one:
C:\>McOptions -h

McOptions Utility by Michel Cadot: Version 2018.11.26

Copyright (c) Michel Cadot, 2016-2017. All rights reserved.

Usage: McOptions.exe [-h] [-f [-fr]] [-c [--disable option>[...]]] [-o] [-ro] [<logon>]

where <options> can be one or several of:
  { -c  | --check }      Checks now (requires SYSDBA privilege).
  { --disable <feature or option> }
                         Disable the checking of the given feature or option
                         (no effect if "-c" is not given)
  { -f  | --features }   Displays the paying used features in addition to the options and packs.
  { -fr | --free }       Includes the free used features (this option implies "-f").
  { -h  | --help }       Displays the version and the usage help.
  { -o  | --options }    Displays installed options.
  { -ro | --root_only }  When connected to CDB$ROOT, display root only
                           (this option is ignored in versions 10g and 11g)

and <logon> is:
  { <username>[/<password>][@<connect_identifier>]
  | /[@<connect_identifier>] }
  | <proxyuser>[<username>][/<password>][@<connect_identifier>]
  | [<username>]/[@<connect_identifier>] }
  [AS SYSDBA]
in the 2 lines before the last one, [] around <username> are real [] not syntactical
characters denoting an optional parameter. These lines refer to proxy connection.

The program shows the options and packs used in an Oracle database.

* If the "-c" option is given, the program checks which ones are used in the current
  instance. This option requires an account with SYSDBA privilege (there is no need
  to specify "AS SYSDBA" in the <logon> parameter).
* The other options requires an account with SELECT privilege on the V$DATABASE,
  V$OPTION, V$VERSION, DBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS, DBA_REGISTRY and
  DBA_REGISTRY_SQLPATCH catalog views.
* The program works for Oracle versions from 10gR1 to 18c.
* In 12c+ multitenant databases, if you are connected to the root container then the
  program gives information for all the containers unless the option "-ro" is given.
* There can be several "--disable" parameter.

The program is provided as it is without any guarantees or warranty. Although the
author has attempted to find and correct any bugs in this free program, the author
is not responsible for any damage or losses of any kind caused by the use or misuse
of the program. The author is under no obligation to provide support, service,
corrections, or upgrades to this program.

You can freely use, copy and distribute this program but you can't modify it without
the permission of the author you can contact on http://www.orafaq.com
You can post your comments, ask for improvements, report bugs... on the program at
http://www.orafaq.com/forum/t/200328/
I encourage you to subscribe to this topic (link at top of the page) if you want to
be informed when a new version is released.

Here's an example of execution with the default option on a 12cR1 database:
C:\>McOptions-64 michel/michel@mikcdb1

McOptions Utility by Michel Cadot: Version 2017.09.05

Copyright (c) Michel Cadot, 2016-2017. All rights reserved.

Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Advanced Analytics, Data Mining, OLAP, Partitioning and Real Application Testing options

Database MIKC container MIKCDB1 instance mikc on myserver on 5-SEPT.-2017 11:34:06

Component       Version         Status      Description
--------------- --------------- ----------- --------------------------------------------------
APEX            4.2.5.00.08     VALID       Oracle Application Express
APS             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       OLAP Analytic Workspace
CATALOG         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Catalog Views
CATJAVA         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Java Packages
CATPROC         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Packages and Types
CONTEXT         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Text
DV              12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Vault
EXF             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Expression Filter
JAVAVM          12.1.0.2.0      VALID       JServer JAVA Virtual Machine
OLS             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Label Security
ORDIM           12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Multimedia
OWM             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Workspace Manager
RAC             12.1.0.2.0      OPTION OFF  Oracle Real Application Clusters
RUL             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Rules Manager
SDO             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Spatial
XDB             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle XML Database
XML             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle XDK
XOQ             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle OLAP API

Description                                             Patch UID  Version     Flags Action   Status      Action time
------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- ----- -------- ----------- -------------------
PATCH 22119791                                            19711199 12.1.0.2    N     APPLY    SUCCESS     01/08/2017 18:26:41
WINDOWS DB BUNDLE PATCH 12.1.0.2.160719(64bit):23530387   20414656 12.1.0.2    NB    APPLY    SUCCESS     01/08/2017 18:26:41

Option or Pack                        Usage                 Detected usages
------------------------------------- --------------------- ---------------
Diagnostics Pack                      Currently used                     48
Entreprise Edition (no option/pack)   Currently used                    120
Multitenant                           Currently used                     24
Tuning Pack                           Currently used                     48 (requires Diagnostics Pack)
This is the minimal output you will get.
The program first displays the standard Oracle banner (from the server not the client):
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Advanced Analytics, Data Mining, OLAP, Partitioning and Real Application Testing options
Then it displays a database specific banner:
Database MIKC container MIKCDB1 instance mikc on myserver on 5-SEPT.-2017 11:34:06
Then the installed components with their version and status (these information come from DBA_REGISTRY view):
Component       Version         Status      Description
--------------- --------------- ----------- --------------------------------------------------
APEX            4.2.5.00.08     VALID       Oracle Application Express
APS             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       OLAP Analytic Workspace
CATALOG         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Catalog Views
CATJAVA         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Java Packages
CATPROC         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Packages and Types
CONTEXT         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Text
DV              12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Vault
EXF             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Expression Filter
JAVAVM          12.1.0.2.0      VALID       JServer JAVA Virtual Machine
OLS             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Label Security
ORDIM           12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Multimedia
OWM             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Workspace Manager
RAC             12.1.0.2.0      OPTION OFF  Oracle Real Application Clusters
RUL             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Rules Manager
SDO             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Spatial
XDB             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle XML Database
XML             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle XDK
XOQ             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle OLAP API
Then, in versions 12c, the SQL or database patches (these information come from the DBA_REGISTRY_SQLPATCH, see the Oracle Reference book for an explaination of the columns):
Description                                             Patch UID  Version     Flags Action   Status      Action time
------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- ----- -------- ----------- -------------------
PATCH 22119791                                            19711199 12.1.0.2    N     APPLY    SUCCESS     01/08/2017 18:26:41
WINDOWS DB BUNDLE PATCH 12.1.0.2.160719(64bit):23530387   20414656 12.1.0.2    NB    APPLY    SUCCESS     01/08/2017 18:26:41
And in the end the used options. The last 2 columns are similar to the CURRENTLY_USED/LAST_USAGE_DATE and DETECTED_USAGES columns of the DBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS view.
"Currently used" is currently used in Oracle meaning that is it was in use the last time Oracle checked.

You can see which features are used to justify these options using the "-f" option ("EE" means "Enterprise Edition"):
C:\>McOptions-64 -f michel/michel@mikcdb1

McOptions Utility by Michel Cadot: Version 2017.09.05

Copyright (c) Michel Cadot, 2016-2017. All rights reserved.

Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Advanced Analytics, Data Mining, OLAP, Partitioning and Real Application Testing options

Database MIKC container MIKCDB1 instance mikc on myserver on 5-SEPT.-2017 11:35:42

Component       Version         Status      Description
--------------- --------------- ----------- --------------------------------------------------
APEX            4.2.5.00.08     VALID       Oracle Application Express
APS             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       OLAP Analytic Workspace
CATALOG         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Catalog Views
CATJAVA         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Java Packages
CATPROC         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Packages and Types
CONTEXT         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Text
DV              12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Vault
EXF             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Expression Filter
JAVAVM          12.1.0.2.0      VALID       JServer JAVA Virtual Machine
OLS             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Label Security
ORDIM           12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Multimedia
OWM             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Workspace Manager
RAC             12.1.0.2.0      OPTION OFF  Oracle Real Application Clusters
RUL             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Rules Manager
SDO             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Spatial
XDB             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle XML Database
XML             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle XDK
XOQ             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle OLAP API

Description                                             Patch UID  Version     Flags Action   Status      Action time
------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- ----- -------- ----------- -------------------
PATCH 22119791                                            19711199 12.1.0.2    N     APPLY    SUCCESS     01/08/2017 18:26:41
WINDOWS DB BUNDLE PATCH 12.1.0.2.160719(64bit):23530387   20414656 12.1.0.2    NB    APPLY    SUCCESS     01/08/2017 18:26:41

Option or Pack                        Usage                 Detected usages
------------------------------------- --------------------- ---------------
Diagnostics Pack                      Currently used                     48
Entreprise Edition (no option/pack)   Currently used                    120
Multitenant                           Currently used                     24
Tuning Pack                           Currently used                     48 (requires Diagnostics Pack)

Feature                                                EE  Option or Pack              Usage Comment
------------------------------------------------------ --- ------------------------- ------- --------------------------------
Adaptive Plans                                         Yes                                24 Currently used
Automatic Maintenance - SQL Tuning Advisor             Yes Tuning Pack                    24 Currently used
Deferred Segment Creation                              Yes                                24 Currently used
Oracle Pluggable Databases                             Yes Multitenant                    24 Currently used
Parallel SQL Query Execution                           Yes                                24 Currently used
Partitioning (system)                                  Yes                                24 Currently used
Result Cache                                           Yes                                24 Currently used
SQL Plan Directive                                     Yes Tuning Pack                    24 Currently used
In addition, if you want to see which free features you used you can give the "--free" option:
C:\>McOptions-64 --free michel/michel@mikcdb1

McOptions Utility by Michel Cadot: Version 2017.09.05

Copyright (c) Michel Cadot, 2016-2017. All rights reserved.

Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Advanced Analytics, Data Mining, OLAP, Partitioning and Real Application Testing options

Database MIKC container MIKCDB1 instance mikc on myserver on 5-SEPT.-2017 11:36:44

Component       Version         Status      Description
--------------- --------------- ----------- --------------------------------------------------
APEX            4.2.5.00.08     VALID       Oracle Application Express
APS             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       OLAP Analytic Workspace
CATALOG         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Catalog Views
CATJAVA         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Java Packages
CATPROC         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Packages and Types
CONTEXT         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Text
DV              12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Vault
EXF             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Expression Filter
JAVAVM          12.1.0.2.0      VALID       JServer JAVA Virtual Machine
OLS             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Label Security
ORDIM           12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Multimedia
OWM             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Workspace Manager
RAC             12.1.0.2.0      OPTION OFF  Oracle Real Application Clusters
RUL             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Rules Manager
SDO             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Spatial
XDB             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle XML Database
XML             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle XDK
XOQ             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle OLAP API

Description                                             Patch UID  Version     Flags Action   Status      Action time
------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- ----- -------- ----------- -------------------
PATCH 22119791                                            19711199 12.1.0.2    N     APPLY    SUCCESS     01/08/2017 18:26:41
WINDOWS DB BUNDLE PATCH 12.1.0.2.160719(64bit):23530387   20414656 12.1.0.2    NB    APPLY    SUCCESS     01/08/2017 18:26:41

Option or Pack                        Usage                 Detected usages
------------------------------------- --------------------- ---------------
Diagnostics Pack                      Currently used                     48
Entreprise Edition (no option/pack)   Currently used                    120
Multitenant                           Currently used                     24
Tuning Pack                           Currently used                     48 (requires Diagnostics Pack)

EE  Option or Pack            Feature                                                  Usage Comment
--- ------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ------- --------------------------------
No                            Automatic Maintenance - Optimizer Statistics Gathering      24 Currently used
No                            Automatic Maintenance - Space Advisor                       24 Currently used
No                            Automatic Reoptimization                                    24 Currently used
No                            Automatic SGA Tuning                                        24 Currently used
No                            Automatic SQL Execution Memory                              24 Currently used
No                            Automatic Segment Space Management (system)                 24 Currently used
No                            Automatic Segment Space Management (user)                   24 Currently used
No                            Automatic Undo Management                                   24 Currently used
No                            Character Semantics                                         24 Currently used
No                            Character Set                                               24 Currently used
No                            Editioning Views                                             3 Currently used
No                            Editions                                                     3 Currently used
No                            Job Scheduler                                               24 Currently used
No                            LOB                                                         24 Currently used
No                            Locally Managed Tablespaces (system)                        24 Currently used
No                            Locally Managed Tablespaces (user)                          24 Currently used
No                            Logfile Multiplexing                                        24 Currently used
No                            MTTR Advisor                                                24 Currently used
No                            Oracle Java Virtual Machine (system)                        24 Currently used
No                            RMAN - Disk Backup                                           2 Last: 07/08/2017
No                            Recovery Area                                               24 Currently used
No                            Recovery Manager (RMAN)                                      2 Last: 07/08/2017
No                            SecureFiles (system)                                        24 Currently used
No                            SecureFiles (user)                                          24 Currently used
No                            Server Parameter File                                       24 Currently used
No                            Services                                                    24 Currently used
No                            Traditional Audit                                           24 Currently used
No                            Unified Audit                                               24 Currently used

Yes                           Adaptive Plans                                              24 Currently used
Yes                           Deferred Segment Creation                                   24 Currently used
Yes                           Parallel SQL Query Execution                                24 Currently used
Yes                           Partitioning (system)                                       24 Currently used
Yes                           Result Cache                                                24 Currently used
Yes Multitenant               Oracle Pluggable Databases                                  24 Currently used
Yes Tuning Pack               Automatic Maintenance - SQL Tuning Advisor                  24 Currently used
Yes Tuning Pack               SQL Plan Directive                                          24 Currently used
The previous information come and are aggregated from the DBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS view.

Now the program can immediately check the currently used options and features using the "-c" option:
C:\>McOptions-64 -c michel/michel@mikcdb1

McOptions Utility by Michel Cadot: Version 2017.09.05

Copyright (c) Michel Cadot, 2016-2017. All rights reserved.

Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Advanced Analytics, Data Mining, OLAP, Partitioning and Real Application Testing options

Database MIKC container MIKCDB1 instance mikc on myserver on 5-SEPT.-2017 11:37:47

Component       Version         Status      Description
--------------- --------------- ----------- --------------------------------------------------
APEX            4.2.5.00.08     VALID       Oracle Application Express
APS             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       OLAP Analytic Workspace
CATALOG         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Catalog Views
CATJAVA         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Java Packages
CATPROC         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Packages and Types
CONTEXT         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Text
DV              12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Vault
EXF             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Expression Filter
JAVAVM          12.1.0.2.0      VALID       JServer JAVA Virtual Machine
OLS             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Label Security
ORDIM           12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Multimedia
OWM             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Workspace Manager
RAC             12.1.0.2.0      OPTION OFF  Oracle Real Application Clusters
RUL             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Rules Manager
SDO             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Spatial
XDB             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle XML Database
XML             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle XDK
XOQ             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle OLAP API

Description                                             Patch UID  Version     Flags Action   Status      Action time
------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- ----- -------- ----------- -------------------
PATCH 22119791                                            19711199 12.1.0.2    N     APPLY    SUCCESS     01/08/2017 18:26:41
WINDOWS DB BUNDLE PATCH 12.1.0.2.160719(64bit):23530387   20414656 12.1.0.2    NB    APPLY    SUCCESS     01/08/2017 18:26:41

Option or Pack                        Usage                 Detected usages
------------------------------------- --------------------- ---------------
Diagnostics Pack                      Currently used                     48
Entreprise Edition (no option/pack)   Currently used                    120
Multitenant                           Currently used                     24
Tuning Pack                           Currently used                     48 (requires Diagnostics Pack)


Options currently used:
-----------------------
Entreprise Edition (no option/pack) -----> Adaptive Plans
                                           Deferred Segment Creation
                                           Parallel SQL Query Execution
                                           Partitioning (system)
                                           Result Cache
Multitenant -----------------------------> Oracle Pluggable Databases
Tuning Pack -----------------------------> Automatic Maintenance - SQL Tuning Advisor
                                           SQL Plan Directive
The format is: <the option or pack used> ---> <the used feature that justifies this option>.
"Options currently used" here are options really currently used not the same than the "Currently used" of the previous chart which, I repeat, means used when Oracle checks it the last time.
Note: the "-c" option requires an account with SYSDBA privilege (it is not needed to specify AS SYSDBA in the <logon> parameter).

In the end, if you want to know which options are installed you can use the "-o" option (this information is directly gotten from the V$OPTION view):
C:\>McOptions-64 -o michel/michel@mikcdb1

McOptions Utility by Michel Cadot: Version 2017.09.05

Copyright (c) Michel Cadot, 2016-2017. All rights reserved.

Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Advanced Analytics, Data Mining, OLAP, Partitioning and Real Application Testing options

Database MIKC container MIKCDB1 instance mikc on myserver on 5-SEPT.-2017 11:39:06

Installed options
-----------------
Active Data Guard
Adaptive Execution Plans
Advanced Analytics
Advanced Compression
Advanced Index Compression
Advanced replication
Application Role
Automatic Data Optimization
Backup Encryption
Basic Compression
Bit-mapped indexes
Block Change Tracking
Block Media Recovery
Cache Fusion Lock Accelerator
Change Data Capture
Coalesce Index
Connection multiplexing
Connection pooling
Cross Transportable Backups
DICOM
Data Mining
Data Redaction
Database queuing
Database resource manager
Deferred Segment Creation
Duplexed backups
Enterprise User Security
Exadata Discovery
Export transportable tablespaces
Fast-Start Fault Recovery
File Mapping
Fine-grained Auditing
Fine-grained access control
Flashback Data Archive
Flashback Database
Flashback Table
Global Data Services
Heat Map
In-Memory Aggregation
In-Memory Column Store
Incremental backup and recovery
Instead-of triggers
Java
Join index
Managed Standby
Materialized view rewrite
OLAP
OLAP Window Functions
Objects
Online Index Build
Online Redefinition
Oracle Data Guard
Parallel backup and recovery
Parallel execution
Parallel load
Partitioning
Plan Stability
Point-in-time tablespace recovery
Privilege Analysis
Proxy authentication/authorization
Real Application Security
Real Application Testing
Result Cache
SQL Plan Management
Sample Scan
SecureFiles Encryption
Server Flash Cache
Snapshot time recovery
Spatial
Streams Capture
Table Clustering
Transparent Application Failover
Transparent Data Encryption
Transparent Sensitive Data Protection
Trial Recovery
Unused Block Compression
XStream
Zone Maps

Component       Version         Status      Description
--------------- --------------- ----------- --------------------------------------------------
APEX            4.2.5.00.08     VALID       Oracle Application Express
APS             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       OLAP Analytic Workspace
CATALOG         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Catalog Views
CATJAVA         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Java Packages
CATPROC         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Packages and Types
CONTEXT         12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Text
DV              12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Database Vault
EXF             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Expression Filter
JAVAVM          12.1.0.2.0      VALID       JServer JAVA Virtual Machine
OLS             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Label Security
ORDIM           12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Multimedia
OWM             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Workspace Manager
RAC             12.1.0.2.0      OPTION OFF  Oracle Real Application Clusters
RUL             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle Rules Manager
SDO             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Spatial
XDB             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle XML Database
XML             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle XDK
XOQ             12.1.0.2.0      VALID       Oracle OLAP API

Description                                             Patch UID  Version     Flags Action   Status      Action time
------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- ----- -------- ----------- -------------------
PATCH 22119791                                            19711199 12.1.0.2    N     APPLY    SUCCESS     01/08/2017 18:26:41
WINDOWS DB BUNDLE PATCH 12.1.0.2.160719(64bit):23530387   20414656 12.1.0.2    NB    APPLY    SUCCESS     01/08/2017 18:26:41

Option or Pack                        Usage                 Detected usages
------------------------------------- --------------------- ---------------
Diagnostics Pack                      Currently used                     48
Entreprise Edition (no option/pack)   Currently used                    120
Multitenant                           Currently used                     24
Tuning Pack                           Currently used                     48 (requires Diagnostics Pack)

References initially used:
Oracle® Database Licensing Information 10g Release 2 (10.2) B14199-28 (June 2014, final version)
Oracle® Database Licensing Information 11g Release 2 (11.2) E47877-05 (September 2014)
Oracle® Database Licensing Information 12c Release 1 (12.1) E49208-10 (May 2015)

Last references used:
Oracle® Database Licensing Information 10g Release 2 (10.2) B14199-28 (June 2014, final version)
Oracle® Database Licensing Information 11g Release 2 (11.2) E47877-11 (December 2016, final version)
Oracle® Database Licensing Information User Manual 12c Release 1 (12.1) E49208-23 (May 2018)
Oracle® Database Licensing Information User Manual 12c Release 2 (12.2) E85683-04 (August 2018)
Oracle® Database Database Licensing Information User Manual 18c E87202-07 (October 2018)


Latest version: 2018.11.26, download in Oracle licensing wiki page
32-bit: 
  MD5:   346eef786f3d9861fd8b14f896ad3fa9
  SHA-1: 76f27fb2294186c9a29d8ea999a51a2b5a7bfdb7
64-bit: 
  MD5:   d087847d49acf51629477b7d58886e41
  SHA-1: 5634d968588dd4aca450f6bef7fa2c612695d330

[Updated on: Mon, 26 November 2018 04:08]

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #650472 is a reply to message #649263] Tue, 26 April 2016 03:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Updated today with the latest licensing information including 12.1.0.2:

Oracle® Database Licensing Information 11g Release 2 (11.2) E47877-07 (February 2016)
Oracle® Database Licensing Information User Manual 12c Release 1 (12.1) E49208-14 (February 2016)

Note: if you have not the privileges to get the information you will receive the following message: 
*** ORA-00942: table or view does not exist

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #655197 is a reply to message #650472] Wed, 24 August 2016 10:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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McOptions now supports proxy connection.

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #655237 is a reply to message #649263] Thu, 25 August 2016 09:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hi,

I tried you program but got the following error while executing on Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard with Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production

>McOptions -h
Can't load 'C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\1\par-41646d696e6973747261746f72\cache-7e846778ce271777bc26b67bd2b9ffb5919f1f3e\051dbf
e5.dll' for module DBD::Oracle: load_file:%1 is not a valid Win32 application at C:\Perl\lib/DynaLoader.pm line 194.
at C:/Perl/site/lib/PAR/Heavy.pm line 120.
Compilation failed in require at script/McOptions.pl line 19.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at script/McOptions.pl line 19.

Any prerequisite I'm missing ?

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #655239 is a reply to message #655237] Thu, 25 August 2016 09:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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First let us try removing all your possible Perl settings: %PERL5LIB, Perl in %PATH...
Just keep Windows and Oracle stuff in PATH.
Set %ORACLE_HOME* variables as needed.
Try.
What happens?

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #655240 is a reply to message #655239] Thu, 25 August 2016 10:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have no Perl in Path and ORACLE_HOME is set correctly.

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #655241 is a reply to message #655240] Thu, 25 August 2016 10:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Please post the result of
SET
DIR C:\Perl
(Remove COMPUTERNAME, USERDOMAIN or any confidential variables.)
Do you use a local or a domain user?

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #655243 is a reply to message #655241] Thu, 25 August 2016 10:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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what precise environment variable do you want me to show ?
C:\Perl does not exist

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #655247 is a reply to message #655243] Thu, 25 August 2016 11:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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All of them to see if there is any incompatibility.
Please don't tell, copy and paste.

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #655293 is a reply to message #655247] Fri, 26 August 2016 02:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Here is the result
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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #655297 is a reply to message #655293] Fri, 26 August 2016 03:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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One thing puzzles me: you said: "Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard with Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production" and your processors are 32bit.

I think the problem is that it does not find OCI.DLL, didn't have you a popup Windows when you executed McOptions?
Find the DLL and add its path into PATH variable.

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #655298 is a reply to message #655297] Fri, 26 August 2016 03:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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My processor is 64 bit.
>wmic os get osarchitecture
OSArchitecture
64-bit

No popup was shown.
oci.dll is in %ORACLE_HOME%\bin that already is in my PATH variable.

Do you share your source code somewhere ?

[Updated on: Fri, 26 August 2016 03:41]

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #655299 is a reply to message #655298] Fri, 26 August 2016 03:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Quote:
My processor is 64 bit.
Oh yes, misread the lines, sorry. /forum/fa/1606/0/

Quote:
oci.dll is in %ORACLE_HOME%\bin that already is in my PATH variable.
OK, so the error: "load_file:%1 is not a valid Win32", I need 32bit OCI.DLL.

Quote:
Do you share your source code somewhere ?
No (and it won't help you in this case.)

A quick workaround is to install a 32bit client (in a separate home and directory than your current install) and set this environment to use the program.

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #656366 is a reply to message #655299] Tue, 04 October 2016 01:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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McOptions now supports 64-bit client.
There are actually 2 downloads, one for 32-bit and one for 64-bit (see link in first post).

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #661156 is a reply to message #656366] Thu, 09 March 2017 04:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Changes in the new version are the following ones:
  • Fix minor bugs in all versions
  • Several improvements in all versions
  • Support of multitenant databases in 12c: if you connect to root container, McOptions returns you the information about all containers
  • Updated today with the latest licensing information:
    Oracle® Database Licensing Information 11g Release 2 (11.2) E47877-11 (December 2016)
    Oracle® Database Licensing Information User Manual 12c Release 1 (12.1) E49208-20 (December 2016)
Next step: Support of 12.2.

[Updated on: Thu, 09 March 2017 04:24]

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I ran this utility against 12.1.0.2 database with "-c" option and I got following error message:
DEBUG: Real-Time SQL Monitoring
DEBUG: SELECT used, sofar_exec, dbf_clob
         FROM   (SELECT count(*) used
                 FROM   dba_sql_monitor_usage
                 WHERE  num_db_reports > 0 AND
                        last_db_report_time >=  (select nvl(max(last_sample_date
), sysdate-7) from wri$_dbu_usage_sample) ),
                (SELECT num_db_reports sofar_exec,
                        xmlelement("sqlmon_usage",
                         xmlelement("num_em_reports", num_em_reports),
                         xmlelement("first_db_report_time",
                           to_char(first_db_report_time,
                                   'dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss')),
                         xmlelement("last_db_report_time",
                           to_char(last_db_report_time,
                                   'dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss')),
                         xmlelement("first_em_report_time",
                           to_char(first_em_report_time,
                                   'dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss')),
                         xmlelement("last_em_report_time",
                           to_char(last_em_report_time,
                                   'dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss'))
                        ).getClobVal(2,2) dbf_clob
                FROM dba_sql_monitor_usage)
DEBUG: ORA-01422: exact fetch returns more than requested number of rows
DEBUG: Real-Time SQL Monitoring

Please update the query appropriately...

FYI - when I executed this SQL in the database, I got following result:

SQL> set lines 200
SQL> SELECT used, sofar_exec, dbf_clob
         FROM   (SELECT count(*) used
               2      FROM   dba_sql_monitor_usage
  3    4                   WHERE  num_db_reports > 0 AND
                        last_db_report_time >=  (select nvl(max(last_sample_date
), sysdate-7) from wri$_dbu_usage_sample) ),
  5                  (SELECT num_db_reports sofar_exec,
                        xmlelement("sqlmon_usage",
  6                           xmlelement("num_em_reports", num_em_reports),
                         xmlelement("first_db_report_time",
  7    8    9   10   11                             to_char(first_db_report_time,
                                   'dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss')),
                         xmlelement("last_db_report_time",
                           to_char(last_db_report_time,
                                   'dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss')),
                         xmlelement("first_em_report_time",
                           to_char(first_em_report_time,
                                   'dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss')),
 12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19                           xmlelement("last_em_report_time",
                           to_char(last_em_report_time,
                                   'dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss'))
                        ).getClobVal(2,2) dbf_clob
                FROM dba_sql_monitor_usage) 20   21   22   23  ;

      USED SOFAR_EXEC DBF_CLOB
---------- ---------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         3        280 <sqlmon_usage>
                        <num_em_reports>0</num_em_reports>
                        <first_db_report_time>04-a

         3        280 <sqlmon_usage>
                        <num_em_reports>0</num_em_reports>
                        <first_db_report_time>04-a

         3        280 <sqlmon_usage>
                        <num_em_reports>0</num_em_reports>
                        <first_db_report_time>04-a

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #664475 is a reply to message #664473] Thu, 20 July 2017 01:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thanks for the information, I will investigate it as soon as possible.

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #664513 is a reply to message #664473] Thu, 20 July 2017 10:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The problem came from a bug in an Oracle view, code has been fixed to workaround it.

Other changes in the new version are the following ones:
  • Fix minor bugs in all versions
  • Updated with the latest licensing information:
    Oracle® Database Licensing Information User Manual 12c Release 1 (12.1) E49208-22 (June 2017)
Next step: Support of 12.2.

[Updated on: Tue, 05 September 2017 11:15]

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #665436 is a reply to message #664513] Tue, 05 September 2017 11:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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New version with the following changes:
  • Add option "-ro" for "root only" when connected to CDB$ROOT (see help in first post)
  • Add synonyms to program parameters (see help in first post)
  • Add registered components in default display (see example in first post)
  • Add SQL/database patches for 12.1+ versions (see example in first post)
  • Add support of version 12.2 using E49729-17 book (May 2017)
  • Because of bug 23734270 with no workaround (wrong/unavailable data in dictionary), ignore "Real-Time SQL Monitoring" feature in 12.*

[Updated on: Tue, 05 September 2017 11:17]

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #668495 is a reply to message #655237] Tue, 27 February 2018 12:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have this same error. Is this a proxy issue? I am behind a firewall at work.

Thanks,
Brian

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #668496 is a reply to message #668495] Tue, 27 February 2018 12:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Please copy and paste the result of:
McOptions -h
(Please read How to use [code] tags and make your code easier to read.)

[Updated on: Tue, 27 February 2018 12:57]

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #668506 is a reply to message #668496] Tue, 27 February 2018 13:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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C:\OraUtils>mcoptions-64 -h
Can't load 'C:\Users\NBKSFY5\AppData\Local\Temp\par-6e626b73667935\cache-e5967299b6520f79be6315decc89f8f452a499e0\c70e412f.dll' for module DBD::Oracle: load_file:The specified module could not be found at C:\Perl64\lib/DynaLoader.pm line 194.
at C:/Perl64/site/lib/PAR/Heavy.pm line 120.
Compilation failed in require at script/McOptions.pl line 35.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at script/McOptions.pl line 35.

I don't have a have a c:\perl64\ directory. I looked at McOptions and couldn't see anything on a requirement for that. Maybe I missed that?

Thanks

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #668507 is a reply to message #668506] Tue, 27 February 2018 14:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Please post the 20 first lines of:
SYSTEMINFO

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #668508 is a reply to message #668507] Tue, 27 February 2018 14:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Host Name: KDC4A3E7Y22B2
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise
OS Version: 10.0.10586 N/A Build 10586
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration: Member Workstation
OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free
Registered Owner: Bank
Registered Organization: Bank
Product ID: 00329-00000-00003-AA515
Original Install Date: 1/3/2017, 2:03:59 PM
System Boot Time: 2/27/2018, 7:51:37 AM
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP Z640 Workstation
System Type: x64-based PC
Processor(s): 2 Processor(s) Installed.
[01]: Intel64 Family 6 Model 79 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~1200 Mhz
[02]: Intel64 Family 6 Model 79 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~1200 Mhz
BIOS Version: Hewlett-Packard M60 v02.23, 7/22/2016
Windows Directory: C:\WINDOWS
System Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume1
System Locale: en-us;English (United States)
Input Locale: en-us;English (United States)
Time Zone: (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Total Physical Memory: 16,300 MB
Available Physical Memory: 8,179 MB
Virtual Memory: Max Size: 32,684 MB
Virtual Memory: Available: 21,916 MB
Virtual Memory: In Use: 10,768 MB
Page File Location(s): C:\pagefile.sys

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #668510 is a reply to message #668508] Tue, 27 February 2018 14:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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OK, now post the result of:
SET

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #668513 is a reply to message #668510] Tue, 27 February 2018 14:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Michael,

I feel so stupid. It's the PATH setting. Oracle Client 12.2 installation did not update the path correctly and it's not finding the ....\bin\ directory.

We are restricted from changing the PATH permanently but, when I set the PATH correctly and then run McOptions, it's working just fine.

Thanks for your time,
Brian

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #668514 is a reply to message #668513] Tue, 27 February 2018 14:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Glad it is not a more complex problem and it now works for you. Smile

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #672813 is a reply to message #665436] Sun, 28 October 2018 03:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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New version with the following changes:
  • Add option "--disable" (see help in first post and below)
  • Updated with the latest licensing information:
    Oracle® Database Licensing Information User Manual 12c Release 1 (12.1) E49208-23 (May 2018)
    Oracle® Database Licensing Information User Manual 12c Release 2 (12.2) E85683-04 (August 2018)
  • Apply fix for bug 1993134.1 in the code
  • Code for option "-c" has been completely rewritten; now the program executes, whatever is your patch level, either the code of the latest PSU at the time McOptions is delivered (currently PSU 181016) or the code of your database if it is newer; more, it backports the code of the latest versions to the previous ones when appropriate so you have fixes on versions that are no more updated by Oracle
Sometimes "-c" option aborts with an error in the OCI layer and then you have not the result of the checking. This has been discovered in 10g for features "Change Data Capture" and "Oracle Database Vault" but may happen in other cases.
The new option "--disable" has been introduced to prevent from this as you can disable the checking of the features or options that lead to this error in your case.
You can give several "--disable" options on the command line.

[Updated on: Tue, 30 October 2018 07:02]

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #672874 is a reply to message #672813] Tue, 30 October 2018 05:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Am I the only one who thinks that McOptions might be something offered to you in a fast-food restaurant? Wink

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Re: McOptions: a program which allows to know which options are used in a database [message #673581 is a reply to message #672813] Mon, 26 November 2018 04:09 Go to previous message
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McOptions now supports Oracle version 18c.

[Updated on: Mon, 26 November 2018 10:06]

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