RE: diagnostics pack - 10g licensing
- From: "Reidy, Ron" <Ron.Reidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <Kelley.Coleman@xxxxxx>, <MATT.ADAMS@xxxxxx>, <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 13:39:38 -0700
Amen!
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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Allen, Brandon
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 1:35 PM
To: Kelley.Coleman@xxxxxx; MATT.ADAMS@xxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: diagnostics pack - 10g licensing
I just found the following in the 10.2 documentation on licensing for
the Diagnostics Pack
(http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/license.102/b14199/op
tions.htm#CIHHIGBI):
Oracle Diagnostic Pack
The Oracle Diagnostic Pack provides automatic performance diagnostic and
advanced system monitoring functionality. The Diagnostic Pack includes
the following features:
<blah, blah, blah>
In order to use the features listed above, you must purchase licenses
for the Diagnostic Pack. The Diagnostics Pack functionality can be
accessed by Enterprise Manager links as well as through the database
server command-line APIs. The use of either interface requires a
Diagnostic Pack license.
Command-Line APIs
Diagnostics Pack features can also be accessed by way of database server
APIs and command-line interfaces:
* The DBMS_WORKLOAD_REPOSITORY package is part of this pack.
* The DBMS_ADVISOR package is part of this pack if you specify
ADDM as the value of the advisor_name parameter, or if you specify for
the value of the task_name parameter any value starting with the ADDM
prefix.
* The V$ACTIVE_SESSION_HISTORY dynamic performance view is part of
this pack.
* All data dictionary views beginning with the prefix DBA_HIST_
are part of this pack, along with their underlying tables.
* All data dictionary views with the prefix DBA_ADVISOR_ are part
of this pack if queries to these views return rows with the value ADDM
in the ADVISOR_NAME column or a value of ADDM* in the TASK_NAME column
or the corresponding TASK_ID.
* The following reports found in the /rdbms/admin/ directory of
the Oracle home directory are part of this pack: awrrpt.sql,
awrrpti.sql, addmrtp.sql, addmrpti.sql, awrrpt.sql, awrrpti.sql,
addmrpt.sql, addmrpti.sql, ashrpt.sql, ashrpti.sql, awrddrpt.sql,
awrddrpi.sql, awrsqrpi.sql, awrsqrpt.sql.
Am I the only one that thinks this is ridiculous? Why does Oracle
include all this functionality and then tell you that you can't use it
unless you have a separate license? I guess it's just a sleezy sales
tactic, just like a car salesman letting you test drive a car that he
knows costs more than you said you want to spend, but how can they
expect us to know which views, scripts, procedures, etc. are off-limits?
It's one thing to be using OEM and know that you can't click on anything
in the Diagnostics Pack menu, but knowing all the different objects in
the database that you can't use and keeping up with them all from
version to version and release to release is impossible. Can I get an
amen brothers & sisters?!?
-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Coleman, Kelley (HAC)
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 1:18 PM
To: MATT.ADAMS@xxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: diagnostics pack
I understand that the Diagnostic Pack is a separately licensed product.
It should be available on OTN.
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