Hi Arjen,
I can see where this can get very confusing when it comes to E-Business
Suite. The reason being is the whole restricted usage licensing of the EE
database with Oracle EBS. To my understanding, the restricted usage
licensing of the Oracle EE database with EBS only pertains to folks that
don't customize anything. That is you are using EBS plain vanilla out of
the box. The minute certain customizations are made, you are paying for
the Oracle database license on your primary server. That goes for the
application server technology stack too (iAS or WebLogic). I don't believe
there are too many businesses using Oracle EBS without customizations, thus
most are paying for Oracle EE DB licenses (like at the company I work for).
So if you are using EBS and paying for EE database licenses on the primary,
then your DG standby DB will be licensed as well.
Where it gets tricky is if you really are using the restricted usage EE
database licensing. Do you get the standby for free as well? It's
possible but I don't have an answer for that but I could see where folks
would think that.
The usual disclaimer, check with your Oracle account rep to see what the
contract states. :)
Alfredo
On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 5:26 PM Justin Mungal <justin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
In this context, the confusion would probably be in what "free" actually
means. It's free in that it's not an extra cost option (unless you want to
use Active Data Guard). You still have to license the standby instance,
like Mladen said.
https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/18/dblic/Licensing-Information.html#GUID-B6113390-9586-46D7-9008-DCC9EDA45AB4
But whatever I or anyone else on this list tells you, make sure you
confirm your understanding with your Oracle sales person and get something
in writing so that they can't come back and squeeze you for more money down
the line.
On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 3:59 PM Arjen Visser <arjen.visser@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hello all,
There seems to be some confusion with DataGuard (DG) licensing on EE and
Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS).
Some say you get DG for free because you are on EE. Others insists DG
costs extra with EBS on EE, because EE is on a restricted license.
Does anyone have more information on this? Is there a definitve answer?
Thanks Arjen Visser--
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