Migrate Oracle VM to KVM easily and without reconfiguration
Oracle VM is end-of-life and is, since March 2021, in extended support1. In looking for a replacement hypervisor AMIS has turned to KVM. Oracle itself also uses KVM, albeit …
Category: Licensing
Oracle Integration Cloud pricing explained – OCI vs Classic
Last week at AMIS we had the task of estimating costs of a proposed iPaaS solution for one of our customers that runs on a fully managed cloud. As …
Oracle’s extended support – when is it free of charge
It’s such a simple, basic and old question I got from a colleague: “Do you have to pay for extended support?”. And if so, how much I have to …
Java SE licensing
There are several good blogs about this subject (like this one), and I never paid much attention to Java and licensing. Until one of our customers became a bit …
Oracle, Azure Cloud and licensing with hyperthreading enabled.
Until recently, there was one rule when deploying Oracle software in the Azure cloud: count one Azure CPU Core as equivalent to one Oracle Processor license. But there was …
Consequences of stopping Oracle support
When buying licenses for Oracle, the first year support is mostly part of the deal. After that, a Customer may decide to stop paying for the yearly technical support …
Better track the Usage of Database Options and Management Packs, or it will cost you
So here it is Oracle announces a license audit, some urgency kicks in and this familiar but also really serious question comes down from management: “Are we using any …
Saving money by understanding Oracle licensing part 2
In part 1 the basics were explained. In this part II other topics will be treated like virtualizing, engineered systems, SE2, Unlimited License Agreements, Cloud and other stuff. Whenever …
Saving money by understanding Oracle licensing, part 1
Oracle and licenses. The general feeling most of the time is that you pay too much for the use of the Oracle products, and it’s not always sure if …
Utilizing your IT environment with Oracle Database Appliance
I admit, I’m a bit of a fan of the Oracle Database Appliance. And I also admit there are some characteristics of the X5-2 ODA’s which made it sometimes …
Usage Tracking Reports, using Oracle Enterprise Manager 13C as a SAM tool
Still loving the idea to use Oracle Enterprise Manager as a ‘kind of ‘ Software Asset Management Tool, and get regular centralized reports that tells me what Oracle software …
Oracle licenses needed while monitoring your (non-)Oracle environment with OEM
October 20, 2015
Architecture, Database, Databases, Enterprise Manager, IT, Licensing, Platform Technology
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With Oracle Enterprise Manager you are able to monitor an Oracle environment as well as a non-Oracle environment, like Microsoft’s SQL Server. You are also able to exchange notifications …
Licensing ODA on NUP’s and with different metrics
Since Oracle launched the Oracle Database Appliance a few years ago it has become clear that only the Enterprise Edition is allowed on the machine. But when NOT using …
Keeping track of your licenses with OEM12C – reports
Wouldn’t be nice to get regularly informed how (in)compliant you are with Oracle licenses in an easy – centralized – way, and therefore not have to worry about visits …
Oracle datapump, advanced compression and licensing
As you may well know, Advanced Compression is an option you have to pay for when using it. But as a DBA you can’t always control the use of …
Oracle licenses and the cloud
Suppose the number of Oracle licenses you acquired in the past, is in line with the use. That is, you’re compliant with all the licensing rules Oracle come up …
Oracle has changed the Exchange rate of the Euro to 0.8682
For years the number of 0.7893 meant something to those who are working on regular basis with licenses in Europe. This number is the ‘Current local Pricing Exchange rate’. …
Changed licensing rules for Exadata X5-2 with OracleVM
On 21 January 2015, Oracle announced Exadata X5, the sixth revision of Oracle’s database management system (DBMS) engineered system. The entire Exadata configuration no longer needs to be licensed …