Re: Was: Oracle in an AIX LPAR Hijacking thread to a licensing discussion

From: Patrice sur GMail <patrice.boivin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 17:46:49 -0400
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Isn't amazing that Oracle doesn't provide clear guidelines? On Mar 5, 2015 6:49 AM, "Stefan Koehler" <contact_at_soocs.de> wrote:

> Hi Daniel,
> please check these IBM slides (especially slide 23):
> http://www.data3.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Oracle-on-Power-Advantages.pdf
>
> It includes the Oracle licensing guideline (point 2.1) in case of capped
> micro-partitions: "Sum Entitled Capacities of the capped micro-partitions".
>
> Best Regards
> Stefan Koehler
>
> Freelance Oracle performance consultant and researcher
> Homepage: http://www.soocs.de
> Twitter: _at_OracleSK
>
> > "Hubler, Daniel" <daniel.hubler_at_aurora.org> hat am 4. März 2015 um
> 23:03 geschrieben:
> >
> > Sorry to hijack the thread.
> >
> > Does anybody know of a document or discussion about Oracle licensing
> and AIX micro-partitioning?
> > (I am already aware of the MOS document about licensing and
> partitioning policy).
> > Our Oracle sales folk are telling us that within a single machine,
> > we can have multiple micro-partitions, add up their hard-capped values
> and then round up to get the number
> > of cores needed for licensing.
> >
> > Example:
> > (all hard capped)
> > micro-partition #1 = 1.2 CPUs
> > micro-partition #2 = 2.3 CPUs
> > micro-partition #3 = 1.1 CPUs
> > total = 4.6 CPU
> >
> > Then round up to 5 CPU for licensing??????
> > Is this the correct process?
> >
> > Daniel Hubler
> > Aurora Healthcare
> > IT Infrastructure
> > daniel.hubler_at_aurora.org
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