Well Oracle doesn't recognize it for their own partitioning, so they are at least consistent. Joe D'Antoni Oracle DBA Synthes West Chester PA ________________________________ From: "Taylor, Chris David" <ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx" <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx" <jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx>; "JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx" <JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx>; Sent: Tue, October 26, 2010 12:28:48 PM Subject: RE: VMWARE's virtualization and processor licensing Actually, VMWare does the same type of partitioning that Oracle provides, but Oracle refuses to recognize it on VMWare which is bothersome. To me anyway. Chris Taylor Sr. Oracle DBA Ingram Barge Company Nashville, TN 37205 Office: 615-517-3355 Cell: 615-663-1673 Email: chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete the contents of this message without disclosing the contents to anyone, using them for any purpose, or storing or copying the information on any medium. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Allen, Brandon Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 11:14 AM To: jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx; JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l-freelists Subject: RE: VMWARE's virtualization and processor licensing Here is the documentation: http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/partitioning-070609.pdf It says that they consider VMWare to be "soft partitioning" and Oracle VM can be either soft or hard partitioning depending on how it's configured. Regards, Brandon Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l