Re: Standy database on standard edition

From: Justin Mungal <justin_at_n0de.ws>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:25:08 -0500
Message-ID: <CAO9=aUy0sEKwxxBUySX1M-QH2JNFG+kL637Jj6F4v4jFvOMb4g_at_mail.gmail.com>



Hi Tony,
RMAN is not separately licensed; I'm not sure why some folks think that (perhaps they could provide a reference). I guess I can't blame anyone for being confused about Oracle licensing, though.

Thanks,
Justin

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 6:08 PM, De DBA <dedba_at_tpg.com.au> wrote:

> I can understand that the client decides not to use it - I personally
> haven't liked using it until 11g. As I understood Joel's post though, it
> was not allowed under Oracle's license. Maybe I'm wrong, but I did not
> think that RMAN was licensed separately and indeed Oracle's preferred way
> to do backups. Should I change my line?
>
> Cheers,
> Tony
>
> On 13/06/13 14:18, Hans Forbrich wrote:
> > On 12/06/2013 5:14 PM, De DBA wrote:
> >> Say what? RMAN is included in SE, isn't it? It is in XE even. Why
> >> would you not be allowed to use it? --
> > In Joel's defense, I've seen customers who insist on their own (usually
> > SAN or snapshot-based) backup method and absolutely refuse to use RMAN.
> >
> > In one case a few years back, the customer refused to *allow* RMAN.
> >
> > Politics, in a tech environment, is always curiously fun, in an insane
> > kind of way.
> > /Hans
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