jiggaman wrote:
> Hi Guys ,
>
> Thanx for your reply. I am using windows 2000 server, the box is a
> dell server with 4 cpu's on board. I dont have the model number of the
> Dell box...but i have a gut feeling that windows will not allow to
> configure a program to run on 1 dedicated cpu. lets hope i am wrong.
> let me have your feedback if any.
>
> thanx,
>
> Jiggaman
>
>
> Mark Bole wrote:
>
>>Dave wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"jiggaman" <jiggamanrocks_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>news:1116975179.468081.77820_at_g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>we have a single cpu Oracle 8i EE license. We need to migrate the
>>>>database to a new box which has 4 cpu's. Is there a way to limit the
>>>>usage of oracle 1 cpu so that we are not in violation of our license.
>>>>Any help or pointers on this issue will be very helpful.
>>>>
>>>>thanx in advance
>>>>
>>>>Jiggaman
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>nope, you have to disable / remove the cpu's
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Since you didn't include platform hardware information, it's difficult
>>to give a good answer. What little information there is on Oracle's
>>site, says that "hard" CPU partitioning meets the licensing
>>requirements, while "soft" does not. (for example, simply off-lining a
>>processor on a Solaris box using "psradmin" does not reduce the
>>licensing requirement).
>>
>>You almost certainly can't keep all four CPU's on-line and claim that
>>somehow only one of them is doing Oracle work.
>>
>>Let your sales rep be your guide...
>>
>>-Mark Bole
- Stop top posting
- Talk to your Oracle rep
- Most likely the solution will involve a copper wire to your
wrist and physicall removing the CPUs.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
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Received on Wed May 25 2005 - 00:19:35 CDT
