Re: Can a Data Guard copy live on the same box?

From: Mark Bole <makbo_at_pacbell.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:35:33 GMT
Message-ID: <F2_2e.5296$FN4.1595@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>

DA Morgan wrote:

> Mark Bole wrote:
>

>> DA Morgan wrote:
>>
>>> Mark Bole wrote:
>>>
>>>> stephen.howard_at_us.pwcglobal.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> GeoPappas wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Can both the original database and the copy of the original database
>>>>>> reside on the same box using Data Guard?
>>>>>
>>>>> Having it on the same machine doesn't buy you much (except for
>>>>> testing)[...]
>>>> One thing having a standby on the same machine as the primary does 
>>>> buy you is avoiding extra CPU licen$ing.
>>>
>>> Who pays for standby licenses?
>> Following excerpt from a PDF document "Database Licensing" downloaded 
>> from www.oracle.com which "provides guidelines regarding Oracle's 
>> policies in effect as of January 23, 2004". [...]

>
>
> The reason I asked is that the last time I check with Oracle one only
> paid for a standby after it was active for 9, I belive consecutive, days.

That's what they refer to as a "failover" environment, not a standby database. I just checked, the document I downloaded had a minor update in March 2004 -- check the section titled "Backups/Failover/Standby Environment".

http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/databaselicensing.pdf

-Mark Bole Received on Thu Mar 31 2005 - 15:35:33 CST