Am I reading you aright? The implication of your post is that std edition is
not licensed for more than 2 processor boxes? Is this generally true or an
HPUX thing?
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
"Spencer" <spencerp_at_swbell.net> wrote in message
news:_S2h6.67$uc1.6540_at_nnrp1.sbc.net...
> do NOT change the value of CPU_COUNT in INIT.ORA. the value of
> this parameter does NOT limit the number of processors that Oracle
> will use. there are a couple of other INIT.ORA parameters that can be
> changed in order to tune for one, two or more processors. e.g. on a
> single processor machine, set SPIN_COUNT=0.
>
> you can run this by your legal department, but i think that restricting
> Oracle processes to only two of the processors on a four processor
> machine does *NOT* comply with the terms of the license agreement.
> while oracle is restricted to two processors, other OS processes that
> support Oracle are running on the other two (or six or more) processors.
> so you need to restrict ALL of the processes to the two processors.
> (it was a nice try, though.)
>
> if you are running standard edition, your recourse is to either remove
> or otherwise disable two of the processors, or alternatively install to a
> different machine that has only two processors. i know it is possible
> on some HP-UX boxes to disable some of the processors such that
> the OS doesn't see or use the processors.
>
> if you're running enterprise edition, you also have the option is to cough
> up the money for the four processor license.
>
> "Brian Peasland" <peasland_at_usgs.gov> wrote in message
> news:3A800653.9B5FB6FB_at_usgs.gov...
> > Easy, set CPU_COUNT=2 in your INIT.ORA file and bounce the database!
> >
> > HTH,
> > Brian
> >
> >
> > ye_aung_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> > >
> > > How do I configure Oracle to run on the number of CPU's licensed to
> > > comply with license agreement. For example, if I buy 2-CPU Internet
> > > license Oracle server and my server has 4 CPU, how do I configure
> > > Oracle
> > > to use only 2 CPU's in compliance with Oracle licensing agreement.
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com
> > > http://www.deja.com/
> >
> > --
> > ========================================
> > Brian Peasland
> > Raytheons Systems at
> > USGS EROS Data Center
> > These opinions are my own and do not
> > necessarily reflect the opinions of my
> > company!
> > ========================================
> >
>
>
Received on Sat Feb 10 2001 - 04:30:58 CST
