Re: how can I make Oracle not use all processors in machine?

Actually, I believe it is even more restrictive than that.

It doesn't matter how many CPU's are in the machine, what matters is how many CPU's the machine is capable of holding.

So what they are really licensing is not the # of CPU's, but the class of the machine.

Try digging in the archives, this has been discussed recently.

Jared

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Hi!

You should check the licensing agreements first, AFAIK you need a licence for each CPU in server, it doesn't matter how many of them you actually use.

Also I haven't heard that HP-UX supported CPU affinity anyway...

Tanel.

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> Hi!
>
> We are currently discussing Oracle licensing issues. Due to the number
of
> users, named user licensing is not an option for us.
>
> Our HP-boxes are having 10 processors each. Since the CPU's are 90%
idle,
we
> are thinking about limiting Oracle to only using 4 out of the 10 CPUs.
Is
> this possible (i.e. via the parameter cpu_count)?
> The other 6 CPU's will then be used by other applications ion the box
(e.g.
> BEA WebLogic etc.).
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> This is 9.2 on HP-UX 11.11.
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> Helmut
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