Oracle announced the release of Oracle Standard Edition 2 to replace both Standard Edition and Standard Edition 1. There are some changes to the licensing which will certainly impact most customers. Don't get caught out, view this presentation to understand the detail you need to know. Oracle announced on September 1st 2015 Oracle Standard Edition 2 (SE2). This edition will replace the previous Standard Edition (SE) and Standard Edition One (SE1). The new SE 2 Database will be released as 12c release version 12.1.0.2. On a positive note the pricing is the same as the SE Database at $17,500 per socket. Unfortunately the socket count is restricted to 2 per server from the 4 sockets per server that we had with Standard Edition before.. Even using RAC will be limited to 2 nodes per cluster with 1 socket per node. We also have changes to Named User Plus (NUPS), which now have a minimum of 10 per server not 5 per customer as it was before. In terms of the end of life of prior SE and SE1 editions. SE and SE1 will be removed from the Price List on December 1, 2015. So if you still want to purchase these editions you can until then. SE and SE1 customers will continue to receive Premier Support for existing licenses through the terminal release 12.1.0.1. until September 1st, 2016. For release 11.2.0.4 of SE and SE1 this is is currently within Extended Support. The Extended Support fees have been waived for the first year of Extended Support until January 2016. For Oracle Standard Edition (SE) customers wanting to migrate to Oracle Standard Edition 2 (SE2) there is no charge to migrate. NUPS and Sockets will migrate 1:1. Contracts will be amended to reflect the new changes to the licence metric. Oracle Standard Edition One (SE1) will have to pay an uplift fee on support of 20% for the migration 1:1 of NUPS

1. ORACLE’S STANDARD EDITION 2
IMPACT ON LICENSING
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2. On September 1st 2015 Oracle released
Oracle Standard Edition 2 (SE2)
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3. WHAT'S CHANGED
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4. May only be licensed on servers that
have a maximum capacity of 2 sockets.
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5. max of 16 CPU threads
Limited to a
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6. Real Application Clusters..
can only be licensed on a maximum of 2
one-socket servers.
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7. 8 CPU threads per instance
and also for RAC...
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8. Changes to Named User Plus Metric
Now min of 10 per server not 5 per customer
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9. WHAT ABOUT SUPPORT?
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10. SE and SE1 customers will continue to receive Premier
Support for existing licenses through the terminal
release 12.1.0.1. until September 1st, 2016.
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11. For release 11.2.0.4 of SE and SE1 this is is currently
within Extended Support.
The Extended Support fees have been waived for the
first year of Extended Support until January 2016.
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12. SE and SE1 will be removed from
the Price List on December 1, 2015
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13. HOW DO I MIGRATE?
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14. but talk to Madora first to understand the costs!
Talk to your Oracle rep
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15. Existing SE and SE1 Customers
must migrate to SE2 if they want to upgrade to 12.1.0.2
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16. Zero cost for Oracle SE to SE2 migration
NUPS and Sockets will migrate 1:1.
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17. but .. Uplift fee on support of 20%
for Oracle SE1 customers
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18. RISK AREAS
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19. Check List
• Check your servers have only 2 sockets or less
• If using NUPS and SE then check you are still
within the newly set minimums if you migrate.
• If using RAC make sure the 2 nodes are only
running 2 sockets in total not the 4 as was allowed
before.
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20. summary
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21. In a nutshell
• Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 (SE2 12.1.0.2)
will replace SE and SE1
• SE2 will be limited to 2 socket servers
• SE customers migrate for 'free'
• SE1 customers pay 20% lift on support
• If using NUPs it’s now 10 NUPs min per server
• Seek independent advice before migrating
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