Oracle Processor (license type)
- When the license is expired
- When a database instance and an option are installed on the same computer (physical server or virtual machine) and have licenses of different types.
- The processors in inventory devices linked to the license are grouped according to their points factors (such as 0.25 points/core, 0.5 points/core, 0.75 points/core, and 1.0 points/core). These points factors are determined by the machine and processor type.
- Within each points-value group, the number of cores is added up: for a free-standing inventory device, the total cores; or, for virtual machines, the total assigned cores, taking account of capping by resource pools or by the host capacity.
- The resulting subtotal of cores for each group is multiplied by the appropriate points/core from the points rule table.
- Any fractional result per group is rounded up to the next whole number.
- The whole-number subtotals from each group are then summed to give the total points consumed for the license.
Cores | Pts/core | Compliance points | Consumption tab (rounded up per device) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 1 |
2 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 |
4 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 |
TOTAL | 1.75 | 3 (simple sum of rounded values) | |
Rounded up | 2 | 3 |
For an Oracle Autonomous Database instance that uses the Bring Your Own License (BYOL) model, the total number of consumed cores is calculated by taking into account the corresponding OCPU or ECPU, auto scaling, and BYOL limit of the instance.
Zone's Threads (max) / (host's Threads / host's Cores)
These
values are available in various listings in the web interface, and in the
inventory device properties as follows:- The zone's Threads (max) value is displayed in the VM Properties tab for the Virtual machine. This value is read-only, and must be present for consumption to occur against an Oracle Processor license.
- The host's Threads and Cores counts are displayed on the Hardware tab of the host's inventory device properties. These two values are normally reported in inventory; but missing or incorrect values can be overridden to correct them on that same tab. It's clear from the formula above that a zero (or missing) value for either of these counts prevents calculation of consumption from an Oracle Processor license on every zone (Virtual machine) on this host.
Product use rights | Downgrade rights, upgrade rights, and licensing on VM hosts (virtual and sub-capacity licensing are built in to this license type, and there is no field in the web interface for turning that off). You may also record the right of license mobility, including for cloud computing, but this indicator is for record-keeping purposes only, and does not affect any compliance calculations. |
Group assignment | Not supported. |
Consumption |
The number of processor points calculated for the computers that run one or
more instances of the Oracle application.
Tip: Oracle databases
installations can consume entitlements from an Oracle Processor license
whether or not individual database instances have been identified. For
example, if the installation is identified by an inventory tool that
does not identify the instances, the installation consumes as a single
instance.
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Included |
Computers with processor type matching one of the license points rules. |
Compliance |
If sum of points from all installed computers (shown in Consumed ) is less than or equal to the points available under this license (shown in Total licensed ). The license must also meet a number of other constraints, such as having database and options licensed under the same license type. |
Changing from |
Points rules will be deleted. Scoping rules will be deleted. Allocations to computers may be deleted. |
Changing to |
You will need to define one or more points rules. You may want to allocate the license to computers. |
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