Re: VMWARE's virtualization and processor licensing
- From: Tim Hall <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: William.Blanchard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:31:57 +0100
Hi.
Just a little clarification. Oracle VM performs soft partitioning by
default, so if you use the default action you must license all
CPUs/cores on the server for Oracle products.
Unlike VMware, Oracle VM will allow you to hard partition, allowing
you to license a subset of the CPUs/cores. See:
http://wiki.oracle.com/page/Hard+partitioning
The moral of this story is, make sure you are using Oracle VM
properly, or uncle Larry may come knocking at your door with an
unexpected bill. :)
Cheers
Tim...
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:03 PM, Blanchard, William G
<William.Blanchard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The difference is hardware vs software. Just like with domains, if it's
> a hard partition you only have to license the cpus on the hard
> partition. Oracle VM lies between the hardware and software and is
> built on Xen. VMWare is software and even if you specify that you only
> want it to use 4 cpus, it really has access to all 8. Xen on the other
> hand segregates the cpus just like a hard partition. It'll be
> interesting to see if they allow Oracle to be run on VirtualBox.
>
> My $0.02.
>
>
> WGB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Piwowar
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 7:15 AM
> To: JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: oracle-l-freelists; oracle-db-l
> Subject: Re: VMWARE's virtualization and processor licensing
>
> The short (and unfortunate) answer is that you have to license Oracle
> for each processor in your VM server. You don't have the ability to
> declare, for example, that that you're only going to use 4 of the 8
> cores in your Vmware server for database VMs, and only pay for Oracle
> RDBMS licenses on those 4 cores. Oddly enough, you *can* do this if
> you're running Oracle VM...hmm...:-)
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> John P.
>
> Sent from a mobile device to deliver a more rapid response. Please
> excuse brevity and typos.
>
>
> On 2010-10-26, at 7:55 AM, "Jeffrey Beckstrom" <JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> I am seeking information on VMWAREs virtualization software and how it
> impacts processor licensing for Oracle. Any information would be
> appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Jeffrey Beckstrom
>> Database Administrator
>> Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
>> 1240 W. 6th Street
>> Cleveland, Ohio 44113
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