Re: Oracle GUI admin tool?

On Thu, 20 May 2004 18:22:28 GMT, Hans Forbrich <forbrich_at_yahoo.net> wrote:

>Hans Forbrich wrote:
>
>> David E. Grove wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Do you know if there any additional licensing issues regarding OEM? For
>>> example, is the out-of-the-box OEM license restricted to a certain number
>>> of
>>> users or sessions? Are there any extra licenses or fees required to
>>> permit multiple DBA users or sessions with OEM?
>>>
>>
>> It's time to call up your favorite Oracle Sales rep. This is one of the
>> few license questions has never been answered to my satisfaction.
>>
>> My understanding (which needs to be confirmed by Oracle) is that any
>> number of DBAs can use it for database administration, maintenance and
>> troubleshooting - referring to the Database Administration Guide, Chapter
>> 1 for the appropriate definitions these terms.
>>
>> Note that licensing of the optional Packs is a separate issue and will
>> normally cost you extra.
>>
>> /Hans
>
>Another related question that has never been answered - if you create an OEM
>respository that will be used exclusively by the DBAs to manage other
>instances (database and app server), does that repository need to be
>licensed? What is the defintion of user for that?
>
>/Hans

There may be a twist that I'm overlooking, but isn't the basic license for the software running on a box -- not for the database itself? So the issue isn't whether you are creating another db for your repository, but whether or not you are installing Oracle software on another box. Received on Fri May 21 2004 - 06:32:00 CDT