RE: Oracle license requirements for unused options

  • From: <Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <Hemant.Chitale@xxxxxx>, <Jay.Miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:49:20 -0400

Here is some more info, which will probably just confuse the issue even more.
Select * from v$option where value = 'FALSE';  
select * from v$option order by parameter; returns about 65 options.

See notes 1069015.1, 378159.1, 297551.1, 739032.1, 948061.1, 888934.1

ar -t libknlopt.a | grep -c <file> retuning 0 means you are not using this 
option in the database.  

I have found that 1271072.1 is a small part of the issue.   One might be aware 
that it does not remove anything from the database, and will affect all 
databases running on that oracle home.  

Of course the best and actually easiest is to not install them at all.... but 
then again Oracle itself uses some options such as partitioning with the EM 
repository DB.  The bottom line is that if they are installed, then it might be 
easiest to start over with a fresh software install... but then again you still 
have your old database... :)

For myself, I'm looking to definitely show that any/every option has not been 
used, or has been used.  One would think it would be easy... I shouldn't do 
that.

 
Joel Patterson
Database Administrator
904 727-2546

-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Chitale, Hemant Krishnarao
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 3:50 AM
To: Jay.Miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Oracle license requirements for unused options

Re " I have verified that when we uninstall certain options and then patch the 
database the options come back."

See Oracle Support Article :
Is it possible to deinstall/disable a specific licensable option from already 
installed Oracle Database 11gR2 Home ? [ID 1271072.1]

" With Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.x), it is not possible to 
deinstall/remove a specific licensable option from an already installed 
database Oracle home. However, users can choose to enable or disable a specific 
licensable option using the chopt tool."


  
Hemant K Chitale 


-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Jay.Miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 10:16 PM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Oracle license requirements for unused options

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BTW - people might find this of interest:
http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/news/2240035131/Common-traps-in-Oracle-licensing-audits
I have verified that when we uninstall certain options and then patch the 
database the options come back.


Thanks,
Jay Miller


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