Re: Someone remind me - manual Standby DBs Licensing

All database servers on which Oracle software is running must be licensed.

When your databases are Enterprise Edition, there is no extra license fee to use DataGuard to set up a managed standby, however, the Active Standby feature *is* a separately licensed option.

The only time you need to use "manual" management on a standby is when your databases are Standard Edition, because DataGuard is unavailable for Standard Edition at any price.

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Here is one fine point that is often missed, though...

*A standby database must be licensed for the same options and metrics as
the primary*.

If the primary database is licensed on the "*processor*" metric, then you *may
not* license the standby with "named-user-plus" metrics, you must license
it with the "processor" metric also.

So far are options are concerned, I am reasonably sure that all options
(e.g., Partition, Advanced Security, etc.)  licensed in the primary must
also be licensed in the standby.


On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 8:05 PM, Hans Forbrich <fuzzy.graybeard_at_gmail.com>
wrote:



>  Lots of people are confused about this.  It is usually a case of mixed

> definitions.

>

> Standby functionality is part of Oracle Database EE, not extra license.

>

> Data Guard, which implements one form of Standby sync, is also part of

> Oracle Database EE, not extra license.

>

> Active Data Guard Option is a set of features on top of Data Guard that

> require extra license.

>

> However ...

>

> Every machine on which the Oracle Database runs must be licensed.  Running

> means using CPU cycles and memory, showing up in 'ps -ef'..  Applying redo

> logs is considered running.  Therefore the standby must be licensed.

>

> Docs:

>

> Licensing doc, which tells which features are available in edition or

> option, is at

> http://docs.oracle.com/database/121/DBLIC/editions.htm#DBLIC119

>

> Software Investment Guide, which discusses definitions is at

> http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/software-investment-guide/index.html

>

> Your question is covered at

> http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/data-recovery-licensing-070587.pdf

>

> HTH

> /Hans

>

>

>

>

> On 20/03/2015 5:26 PM, Chris Taylor wrote:

>

>  When running Enterprise Edition - when do you cross the licensing line

> when setting up a physical standby database when the standby database

> server is licensed?

>

> We don't have a dataguard license, so I want to make sure I don't overstep

> what's permitted.

>

>  You can use log shipping but not managed recovery, is that right?

>

>  Thanks,

> Chris

>

>

>


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