Re: ORACLE requirement to implement automatic standby DB

From: KevJohnP <nospam_at_nowhere.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:34:16 +1200
Message-ID: <n1s9b.148859$JA5.3631594@news.xtra.co.nz>

In the wake of the California licensing case Oracle published a document to clarify many common licensing issues. The document is here http://oracle.com/corporate/pricing/index.html?sig.html

As stated by Lear for replication the document implies you need to license both servers. You may be able to negotiate is probably the best advice - at a previous site Oracle wanted us to license our Disaster Recovery system and quoted this document. We managed to avoid this owing to documentation we managed to find on a prior agreement with Oracle that our DR systems were included - so get any such agreements in writing for future use.

KJP Daniel Morgan wrote:

> Lear wrote:
>

>>You need Enterprise Edition to run a standby database. Check the
>>documentation:
>>
>>http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/A87860_
>>01/doc/server.817/a76962/ch4.htm#52939
>>
>>SO, you'll need a new license and a new version of the software. In
>>fact, if you're planning on using two servers then Oracle may want you
>>to buy an enterprise edition license for both of them, though you may be
>>able to negotiate...
>>
>>Charly <SomeOne_at_SomeWhere.on.the.net> wrote in
>>news:3F65CCA7.EE436228_at_SomeWhere.on.the.net:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Dear all,
>>>
>>>Sorry if this has been discussed previously. I searched this newsgroup
>>>but did not find anything straigthforward...
>>>
>>>I'm using Oracle 8i (8.1.5) Standard Edition on Windows 2000 for a CIS
>>>/ billing system. The size of the DB is about 50Gb.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>><SNIP>
>>
>>
>>>Charly
>>>
>>>--
>>>Email : calebrun-No-Spam-I-Said!-_at_-yahoo.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>

> You can not make blanket statements like that. Oracle changes its 
> license requirements about as often as I change by sox: Every morning 
> (so don't try interpreting it the other way around).
> 
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