SV: Oracle Licensing on VMware

From: Niels Jespersen <NJN_at_dst.dk>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:27:34 +0000
Message-ID: <3967181ED595B445B1E39718204FD4BD13D2572B_at_SRVEXC5.dst.local>

Thank you.
I know this very fine document from VMware. It describes Oracle licensing in a VMware cluster perfectly along my intuitive understanding. But I would much prefer it if the document was published by Oracle Corp.

Regards Niels Jespersen

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Fra: Radoulov, Dimitre [mailto:cichomitiko_at_gmail.com] Sendt: 11. oktober 2013 13:00
Til: Niels Jespersen; 'oracle-l_at_freelists.org' Emne: Re: Oracle Licensing on VMware

On 11/10/2013 12:46, Niels Jespersen wrote:

Hi Jespersen,

> The Licensing Information manual does not mention virtualized environments at all. Beyond that I have only found a paper named "Oracle Partitioning Policy" that more or less explains that you have to license the full host in case of "soft partitioning" like VMware.
>
> Nothing about VMware clustering, vMotion, DRS (Dynamic Resource Scheduling) and so on.

Check this VMware (!) document:

www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vmw-understanding-oracle-certification-supportlicensing-environments.pdf

Regards
Dimitre

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