The only methods Oracle most consistently accepts are through the use of segmentation capabilities outside of VMware’s internal software controls Most of Oracle’s licensing policies are somewhat loosely documented. This seems to be driven by the level of granularity they use within their licensing rules. If they documented all rules in full details, they may then need to change the licensing rules documents quite often because they tend to get quite granular in the specifications per the situation. Therefore, it […]
We recently answered that question in SearchOracle.com, where Miro is part of the Ask the Oracle Expert: Questions & Answers column. Here’s the original question and our answer. Has Oracle changed its policy in licensing databases on VMware? From my understanding, they are treating VMware as soft partitioning. Is there any official documentation with regards to VMware/Oracle licensing that I can refer to? Yes, in a nutshell it is treated like soft partitioning given that they are not recognizing VMware […]
If you have implemented VMware’s ESX on your server as the core virtualization technology, a license is required for every instance running in the virtual environment. If you have only assigned one license to Windows Server 2008 Standard while using ESX, you may only run one instance of the software at a time. Windows Server 2008 cannot be deployed as the operating system in the physical environment since ESX takes its place. If you have the Enterprise version – you […]
The company engaged Miro for Oracle Managed Services to track their software/hardware licensing and ensure compliance. Miro advised the company that the payments functionality for their EBS (E-Business Suite) was not included in their current licensing. Miro suggested a migration from Concurrent Device to Application User to properly acquire this functionality for the cost of $354,600. By utilizing Miro’s Oracle Managed Services, the changes were completed with cost savings of 40%. Learn more about Miro's Managed Services for Oracle Licensing [...]
Java Licensing Compliance, Java Subscriptions & Java Audits Our expert analyst team will conduct a comprehensive license review of the organization’s Oracle Java licenses, Java subscriptions, Java deployments, Java entitlements, Java usage, Java contracts and Java purchasing documents to help the organization remain in compliance with Oracle’s licensing policies. Download the Java Licensing Guide Here to learn what versions are free to use and what the rules are for using them. Oracle Java Licensing Challenges Since January 2019, Oracle halted [...]
One of Miro’s clients recently asked us to review a purchasing option they were given by their hardware vendor. Miro was recently asked by one of our clients to look at a deal their hardware vendor was offering. The client wanted to buy 8 core servers, but do to supply chain issues, the hardware vendor didn’t have any to sell. Instead, the vendor offered to sell the client 16 core bare metal servers for the same price of the smaller […]
Oracle has announced that its clients will get a 25% to 33% discount on support fees for using Oracle Cloud Larry Ellison announced the Oracle Support Rewards program for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure clients. For every dollar that clients spend on OCI, they receive a 25 cent or 33 cent credit towards their On-Premise support costs. The 33% discount is for ULA customers The 25% discount is for most other customers For example, if an organization spends $100,000 on Oracle Cloud Credits, […]
Oracle is phasing out Oracle Virtual Machine (OVM) in favor of Oracle Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) End of Premier Support for OVM Many Oracle customers adopted Oracle Virtual Machine (OVM) as their virtualization platform taking advantage of hard partitioning capabilities of OVM. It may sound alarming to them that Oracle will not offer Premier Support for OVM 3 beyond March 2021 and Extended Support beyond March 2024. There are no new releases of OVM planned either. Sustaining Support for […]
