Hello Jeffrey,
yes, you are right but there are solutions.
... up to and including 5.0 you need to license the cluster >> No need to do
anything
... starting with 5.1 you need to license the whole VCenter >> Use a separate
VCenter for your Oracle cluster
... starting with 6.0 you need to license all VCenters >> Use a different VLAN
for your Oracle cluster and request a single approval from LMS for this
Our German User Group has written two nice article about it and how you can
work around this issue:
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https://www.doag.org/en/home/news/licensing-in-virtualized-environments-oracle-under-discussion-with-the-doag/detail/
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https://www.doag.org/en/home/news/oracle-licensing-in-virtual-environments-a-great-leap-forward/detail/
Best Regards
Stefan Koehler
Independent Oracle performance consultant and researcher
Website: http://www.soocs.de
Twitter: @OracleSK
Upcoming online seminar: http://tinyurl.com/17-06-13-Shared-Pool-Internals
Beckstrom Jeffrey <JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx> hat am 26. April 2017 um 20:33
geschrieben:
We are thinking of consolidating our databases onto VM Ware servers. At this
point, we are still in the planning phase. Googling, I found
information stating that if VSPHERE 5.1+ is being used; then you need to
license Oracle on all VM Ware clusters and not just the cluster being
dedicated to the databases. Is this for real? If so, then we will have to
reconsider our plans.
Jeffrey Beckstrom
Lead Database Administrator
Information Technology Department
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
1240 W. 6th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
