Re: Meaning of License High Water Mark

Ed,

> A question has come up regarding the exact meaning of "License High
> Water Mark" as reported in the <sid>alert.log file at database
> shutdown.
>
> We thought it meant the max number of concurrent users that occurred
> at any point in time during the database run. However, we have a

That's always been my understanding of it too.

> particular database that is only user-accessable from 5 machines --
> which would make it physically impossible for more than 5 concurrent
> users-- , yet it is reporting "License High Water Mark" values of
> 150+.

While it may only be accessible from only 5 machines, these 5 machines can make more than 5 concurrent connections. For instance, if I start 2 SQL*Plus windows and connect to one database from one workstation, that counts as 2 connections. But I don't know why you got over 150?!?!?

HTH,
Brian

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