Hot Backup is a functionality of archiving and it is included with all versions....Enterprise, Standard and (if talking about 10g) Standard One Data Guard is a different story. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Niall Litchfield Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 8:52 AM To: Stefan.Jahnke@xxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Oracle licenzing On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:36:23 +0100, Stefan Jahnke <Stefan.Jahnke@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hi list, >=20 > Co-worker of mine mentioned that Hot Backup is not an option which comes > with Oracle Standard Edition, one has to have the Enterprise Edition. > The Oracle Store wasn't that self explanatory regarding the > functionality of each option (or I didn't find the right page). > Could anybody clarify this? Is it true? Link would be perfect. No it isn't true. The 'family of database products' paper will tell you - and so probably will the 10g licensing guide. --=20 Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l