Term Designations
For the complete and legal definitions, please refer to the Oracle License & Services Agreement on Oracle's website.
- Perpetual: If your program license does not specify a term, it is perpetual and shall continue unless terminated as otherwise provided in the Agreement.
- 2 and 4 Year Term Licenses: These specify the term of the licence as they are not Perpetual.
Licenses
For the complete and legal set of definitions, please refer to the Oracle License & Services Agreement on Oracle's website.
- Named User Plus: is defined as an individual authorized by you to use the programs which are installed on a single server or multiple servers, regardless of whether the individual is actively using the programs at any given time. A non human operated device will be counted as a named user plus in addition to all individuals authorized to use the programs, if such devices can access the programs. If multiplexing hardware or software (e.g., a TP monitor or a web server product) is used, this number must be measured at the multiplexing front end. Automated batching of data from computer to computer is permitted. You are responsible for ensuring that the named user plus per processor minimums are maintained for the programs contained in the user minimum table in the licensing rules section; the minimums table provides for the minimum number of named users plus required and all actual users must be licensed.
- Processor: shall be defined as all processors where the Oracle programs are installed and/or running. Programs licensed on a Processor basis may be accessed by your internal users (including agents and contractors) and by your third party users. For the purpose of counting the number of processors which require licensing for a Sun UltraSPARC T1 processor with 4, 6 or 8 cores at 1.0 gigahertz or 8 cores at 1.2 gigahertz for only those servers specified on the Sun Server Table which can be accessed at http://oracle.com/contracts , "n" cores shall be determined by multiplying the total number of cores by a factor of .25. For the purposes of counting the number of processors which require licensing for AMD and Intel multicore chips, "n" cores shall be determined by multiplying the total number of cores by a factor of .50. For the purposes of counting the number of processors which require licensing for all hardware platforms not otherwise specified in this section, a multicore chip with "n" cores shall be determined by multiplying "n" cores by a factor of .75. All cores on all multicore chips for each licensed program for each factor listed below are to be aggregated before multiplying by the appropriate factor and all fractions of a number are to be rounded up to the next whole number. Notwithstanding the above, when licensing Oracle Standard Edition One or Standard Edition programs on servers with a maximum of 1 processor with 1 or 2 cores, only 1 processor shall be counted.
For example, a Sun UltraSPARC T1 based server installed and/or running the program on 6 cores would require 2 processor licenses (6 multiplied by a factor of .25 equals 1.50 which is then rounded up to the next whole number which is 2). An Intel or AMD based server installed and/or running the program on 7 cores would require 4 processor licenses (7 multiplied by a factor of .50 equals 3.50 which is then rounded up to the next whole number which is 4). Two multicore servers, for hardware platforms not specified above, installed and/or running the program on 10 cores would require 8 processor licenses (10 multiplied by a factor of .75 equals 7.50 which is then rounded up to the next whole number which is 8).
Processor Calculations
The total number of processors (see above for definition of a processor) needed is calculated by adding the number of processors in each computer where the programs are installed and/or running.
User Minimums when licensing by Named User Plus
- Oracle Database Enterprise Edition - 25 Named Users Plus per Processor
- Oracle Database Standard Edition - 5 Named Users Plus*
- Internet Application Server Standard Edition - 10 Named Users Plus per Processor
- Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition - 10 Named Users Plus per Processor
- Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Options and Enterprise Managers - Must match the number of licenses of the associated Oracle Database Enterprise Edition. In addition, a minimum of 25 Named User Plus licenses per Processor must be met. Associated Database is defined as the database(s) which is (are) being managed by the option.
- Internet Application Server Standard Edition Options - Must match the number of licenses of the associated Oracle Internet Application Server Standard Edition.
- Internet Application Server Managers - Must match the number of licenses of the associated Internet Application Server (Excluding TopLink, for which these Manager Packs cannot be licensed).
- All other Oracle Database products - 1 Named User Plus
- Oracle Standard Edition One - 5 Named Users Plus**
- The Oracle Database Standard Edition can only be licensed on servers that have a maximum capacity of 4 processors. Additionally, it may be licensed on a single cluster of servers supporting up to a maximum of four processors per cluster (2 2-way nodes, 4 1-way nodes, and 1 1-way and 1 3-way).
- *Oracle Standard Edition One may only be licensed on servers that have a maximum capacity of 2 processors.
If the user minimum is 25 Named Users Plus per processor, then follow the instructions below to calculate the minimum number of named user plus licenses required for your intended hardware configuration.
1. Determine the number of processors on each server where the programs are installed and/or running.
2. Add together the processors on each server.
3. Multiply the total number of processors by 25.
4. The resultant number represents the minimum number of named user plus licenses required for this hardware configuration.
User Minimums when licensing by Processor
The minimum is 1 for all Oracle Database products. Please note that the Oracle Database Standard Edition can only be licensed on servers that have a maximum capacity of 4 processors. Additionally, it may be licensed on a single cluster of servers supporting up to a maximum of four processors per cluster (2 2-way nodes, 4 1-way nodes, and 1 1-way and 1 3-way).
Software Updates (formerly known as Update Subscription)
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Product Support
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