The document discusses Oracle licensing, including the types of Oracle software licenses, how support fees are calculated, rules for production vs test/development environments, different license metrics, perpetual vs term licenses, database editions and versions, core factors, database options, tips for contracts, and licensing with virtualization. It provides details on Oracle licensing concepts such as right to use licenses, support fees being 22% of net license fees, requirements for licensing all servers, license metrics of CPU and NUP, database edition prices, and rules for virtualized environments regarding licensing all cores in a server or cluster.

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De-Mystifying Oracle Licensing
David S. Chang
National Sales Manager, Linux & Virtualization
Oracle Global Business Unit
October 17, 2014
Oracle Confidential – Internal/Restricted/Highly Restricted

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Oracle Licensing Agenda
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• Oracle Software License
• Support Fee Calculation
• Production vs Test/Dev
• Metrics: CPU, NUP, other
• License Type: Perpetual or Term
• Versions: EE, SE, SE1, Full Use, ASFU, or Ltd Use
• Core Factor
• Options: Partitioning, RAC, T&D Pack, etc
• Contract Tips
• Oracle Licensing with Virtualization

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• Oracle Software License
 RTU or Right to use vs ownership itself
 No correlation to product versions (6i, 8i, 9i, 10g, etc)
 For internal business use. External users (Hosted Service Providers) require an extension to the OLSA for coverage
• Support Calculation
 22% of net license fee
• Production or Test/Dev
 All servers must be licensed
 License options for T/D at lower cost (Ltd Use)
• Metrics
 CPU
 NUP (Minimums of 25/CPU & 5)
 Other
 Rule of 50

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• License Types
 Perpetual
 Term
• Versions
 DB Enterprise Edition @ USD $47,500
 Exclusive Options such as Partitioning, T&D Pack, etc
Partitioning, Packs
 DB Standard Edition @ USD $17,500
 Maximum of 4 sockets total
 DB Standard Edition One @ USD $ 5,800
 Maximum of 2 Sockets total
 Full Use
 ASFU (Application Specific Full Use)
 Limited Use
• Core Factor
 not all servers are created equal

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• Core Factor: http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/contracts/processor-core-factor-table-070634.pdf

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• Database Options
 Binaries included unlocked
 Confirm if function is option or native feature
 DB options must match licensing of associated DB
 DB Enterprise Edition Exclusivity
• Contract Tips
 Term OLSA
 Customer Definition
 EBiz Discount Threshholds
 Restricted/Limited Use Licensing
• Virtualization
 Virtualization was a quick and easy way to deploy DB without understanding the rules
 All Cores in server
 All Cores in cluster
 Sub Capacity Licensing

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