On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 6:35:09 PM UTC-5, Troels Arvin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an Oracle database in an Oracle 11 Enterprise Edition. I need to
> copy (using Data Pump) its data to another Oracle server. The destination
> Oracle server needs to be as cheap as possible, so I hope to copy the
> data to an Standard Edition ONE or Standard Edition with Named User Plus
> licensing.
>
> But how do I know whether the source database is using features which are
> not found in Standard Edition ONE?
>
> If there's no way to know that: If I buy a Standard Edition ONE and find
> that I can't import data, can I subsequently convert the Standard Edition
> ONE license to some other Named User Plus edition? (This is basically a
> question for Oracle's sales department, but I reckon someone here might
> have experiences from a customer perspective.)
>
> --
> Troels
Could you possibly use trial license versions from OTN to test the different editions and see which one works best? I believe the trial license lasts for at least 30 days but am not sure. Once you have done the tests, you can then buy the minimum necessary licenses.
