Mark Bole wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:
>
> > HansF wrote:
> >
> [...]
> >
> > And you are correct. The definition of what is standby is somewhat
> > ambiguous the way it is thrown-around ... including by me as I look
> > back at what I wrote. Thanks for correcting my 9 days to 10 which I
> > presume is the correct number of active days before licensing is
> > required.
>
> I posted an official Oracle documentation link just one month ago to
> correct the same mis-interpretation posted by DA Morgan in response
to a
> similar question.
>
> Check the link below, (from my post), for the correct definition and
> distinction between a (1) "moving" a primary database to a fail-over
> node for up to 10 days per year (typically via a clustered storage
> system which is simply unmounted from one node and mounted to the
other,
> such as Veritas VCS), and (2) a Data Guard standby database. The
> distinction is very clear and un-ambiguous. This document has been
> available for several years, at least.
>
> >> 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.
> > [...]
> > -- check the section titled "Backups/Failover/Standby
Environment".
> >
> > http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/databaselicensing.pdf
> >
>
> Incidentally a physical standby database using anything other than
> user-managed recovery is an Enterprise Edition feature.
>
> However, as long as your CSI number is active at Metalink, you are
> probably doing OK.
>
> -Mark Bole
There's a difference between giving people free wrong advice once and
... as DA Morgan is doing here apparently providing the same incorrect
information repeatedly.
Received on Tue May 03 2005 - 19:25:26 CDT
