Since Oracle launched the Oracle Database Appliance it is clear that only the Enterprise Edition is allowed on the machine. But for me it was still a little bit fuzzy if and what kind of licensing requirements is needed. More direct : may the ODA be licensed on NUP´s ? Some
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A while ago I made a promise to take a look at the product Dbvisit, found out this is not the product, but just the firm Dbvisit. The product I’m about to install is called officially ‘Dbvisit Standby‘. There’s also a product called ‘Dbvisit replicate’.
I didn’t really know about
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Received a pdf from Oracle with the new features of the Oracle Database Appliance (when you are using the OracleVM-option).
Among other things, the two last sheets about the licensing had my attention too. I’m just showing the slides, haven’t worked with it, so I can’t tell you in detail the [...]
“A good DBA may relax and put his legs on the table”. These words a senior (in age as well as in experience) DBA used to say while he was trying to teach me the basics of administrating databases. He was trying to say that organizing your work and preparing yourself for future catastrophes is the [...]
Something about licensing. Boring for the most of us, but this may save you a lot of money…. The next is not completely new, but I never had it on writing, so found it worthfull to blog. The following has by the way no legal status and I’m not held responsible for any claims Oracle might want to [...]