Oracle Database License Compliance Issues
- The list of issues is provided initially to enable a quick summary level view. The description of each issue follows the initial list.
- The solution to the compliance issue is not provided in this chapter.
All these issues have been dealt with in other sections of the book. - There will be repetitions of the issues between Database, Weblogic, EBS, Java & Other Products. It is done by design so that readers can use this as a product level checklist for managing compliance.
- Readers are welcome to add to the list. Send me a mail, I will review the issue and if found valid will add into the list.
List of Oracle Database License Compliance Issues
| 1. Miscounting Processors | 2. Over-deployment |
| 3. Incorrect NUP Calculation | 4. Devices not counted for NUP |
| 5. Deployment on VMware | 6. Incorrect Deployment on OVM |
| 7. Live Migration in OVM | 8. Incorrect LPAR / other VM usage |
| 9. Default Option Installation | 10. Option usage without license |
| 11. Usage of Packs with SE | 12. AWR usage by mistake |
| 13. SE on wrong hardware | 14. Express wrong usage |
| 15. Development Servers | 16. Disaster Recovery |
| 17. Failover – Ten-day Rule | 18. Disaster Recovery – Failover |
| 19. ASFU wrong usage | 20. Restricted License |
| 21. Tuning of Embedded Licenses | 22. Cluster |
| 23. Territory | 24. Entity not listed |
| 25. Non-approved cloud | 26. Internal Business / Hosting |
| 27. OTN Downloads | 28. OPN usage |
| 29. Cloned Databases | 30. Third Party Support |
| 31. Merger | 32. Divestiture |
| 33. Assignment | 34. Transfer / Novation |
| 35. Management Control |
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Sheshagiri Anegondi
Managing Partner of Rythium Technologies. Seventeen years at Oracle, from 1998 to 2015, in leadership roles including Vice President Sales, after Compaq and Digital Equipment Corporation.
Author of “Licensing Oracle: The Reference Manual for Managing Oracle License Compliance & Procuring Oracle Software, Hardware, Cloud & Services” (Notion Press, 2021) (ISBN 10: 1639046887).