I am not a license expert by any stretch of the imagination, but in reading the document, I didn't think it was the capability that had to be licensed but rather the fact that you have to be covered by your licensing terms to run Oracle instances on multiple servers. Either that or I have been spoiled by all inclusive site licenses of the Enterprise Edition in the places I have worked and perhaps these options are indeed licensed separately like the partition and object options used to be (or are). Regards -Krish _____ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Taylor, Chris David Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:27 AM To: Koivu, Lisa Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Standby Database Licensing Thanks! Chris Taylor Sr. Oracle DBA Ingram Barge Company Nashville, TN 37205 Office: 615-517-3355 Cell: 615-354-4799 Email: chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____ From: Koivu, Lisa [mailto:Lisa.Koivu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 12:25 PM To: Taylor, Chris David Subject: RE: Standby Database Licensing Hi Chris, I can't post directly to the list yet. However, this document answers your question. The answer is yes, it must be licensed. http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/databaselicensing.pdf Lisa Koivu Oracle Database Administrator Starwood Vacation Ownership Orlando, FL, USA desk: 407-903-4691 cell: 954-683-4459 _____ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Taylor, Chris David Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 1:19 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Standby Database Licensing Years ago, I know we could have a standby database without having to license dataguard. If you setup the standby database yourself and used scripts to apply the logs and gap analysis. Do any of you know if you are required to license Dataguard now to be able to use a standby database? I was recently told by people in our office that we weren't licensed for dataguard and therefore we weren't licensed for a standby database. Thoughts? Chris Taylor Sr. Oracle DBA Ingram Barge Company Nashville, TN 37205 Office: 615-517-3355 Cell: 615-354-4799 Email: chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx This electronic message transmission contains information from the Company that may be proprietary, confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying or distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to the address listed in the "From:" field.