I have also read before that you can use the repository database as an RMAN catalog database without a license. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hans Forbrich Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 7:43 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Grid Database Licensing On 04/03/2013 8:33 AM, Peter Sharman wrote: > All the licensing information is in the online doc at > http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/license.121/e24474/toc.htm. Have you > looked there? Peter, That is the Enterprise Manager Licensing document. Very few people would think to look there for the licensing of the database component. ;-) With DBAs, there is a greater (albeit still slim) chance that they would look in the Database Licensing document - and indeed that reference is there - so I would encourage a link from the Database Licensing doc to the OEM Licensing doc to be created. /Hans -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l