1 Application Server Products
This chapter describes the application server product family, and the features available with this product family. It contains the following sections:
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Section 1.1, "Oracle TopLink and Application Development Framework"
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Section 1.3, "The Oracle Internet Application Server Product Family"
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Section 1.14, "Unified Business Process Management Suite for Non Oracle Middleware"
1.1 Oracle TopLink and Application Development Framework
Oracle TopLink and Application Development Framework can be separately licensed, independently of any Oracle WebLogic Server or Oracle Internet Application Server edition. Oracle TopLink, Application Development Framework, and Oracle MapViewer are also included in all of the Oracle Internet Application Server and WebLogic Server and Suite editions.
When you license Oracle TopLink and Application Development Framework separately, the license includes Oracle TopLink Mapping Workbench and Oracle MapViewer.
Note:
The developer tools used with the Application Development Framework — for example, Oracle JDeveloper — are freely available for download from the Developer Tools page athttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/index.html.1.2 The Oracle WebLogic Server Product Family
Oracle WebLogic Server is available in three editions with different functional capabilities, each suitable for different kinds of applications and different development and deployment scenarios. Oracle also offers several application server options, packs, and other products that enhance the capabilities of Oracle WebLogic Server for specific purposes. This section describes the licensing editions of Oracle WebLogic Server.
Table 1-1 introduces the Oracle WebLogic Server licensing options.
Table 1-1 Oracle WebLogic Server Licensing Editions
| Licensing Edition | High Level Functionality | Features Included |
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Standard Edition |
The WebLogic Server Standard Edition includes:
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Includes:
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Enterprise Edition |
Includes all of the Standard Edition functionality, plus:
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All Standard Edition features, plus:
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Includes all of the Enterprise Edition functionality, plus:
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All Enterprise Edition features, plus:
Also includes Oracle Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition, which contains:
For license details about Oracle Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition, see Section 1.3, "The Oracle Internet Application Server Product Family." |
1.2.1 Installation of Oracle WebLogic Product Editions
Oracle WebLogic Server does not provide installation programs that correspond directly to each available edition. For example, depending on the edition licensed, you may need to run one or more of the following individual installers:
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Oracle WebLogic Server
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Oracle Web Tier
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Oracle Coherence
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Oracle JRockit
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Oracle JDeveloper
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Oracle TopLink
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Oracle Business Intelligence
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SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware
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Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control
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Oracle Application Diagnostics for Java (AD4J)
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Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder
In addition, many installers contain multiple components that may be installed all together or individually, and each installation component has a minimum license requirement. The following table identifies the minimum edition requirements for each installation option available from the Oracle WebLogic Server installation programs.
Table 1-2 Installation Programs Required for WebLogic Product Editions
| Licensing Edition | Corresponding Installation Programs |
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Standard Edition |
Standard Edition encompasses the following installation programs:
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Enterprise Edition |
The installation programs for Enterprise Edition include all those for Standard Edition, plus the installers for:
Notes:
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WebLogic Suite |
The installation programs for WebLogic Suite include all those for Enterprise Edition, plus:
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Footnote 1 Usage rights to WebLogic SIP Server require a license for Oracle Communications Converged Application Server. For details, see Section 1.2.2.4, "WebLogic SIP Server."
1.2.2 Licensing Considerations for Additional Features
Certain Oracle WebLogic Server editions contain features that have additional licensing considerations.
1.2.2.1 WebLogic for Oracle Internet Application Server
The license for Oracle Internet Application Server within WebLogic Suite includes the unrestricted rights to the full capabilities of the WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition.
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When Oracle Internet Application Server is licensed independently of WebLogic Suite, a constrained WebLogic license, called WebLogic Server Basic, is included. However, when Oracle Internet Application Server is licensed as part of WebLogic Suite, an unrestricted license of WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition is included.This does not imply that two licenses of WebLogic Server Enterprise are provided within WebLogic Suite, but rather that the rights to WebLogic Server included in Internet Application Server are expanded to the unrestricted use of WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition included in WebLogic Suite.
1.2.2.2 Management and Diagnostics
The following topics describe license considerations for management and diagnostics features for editions of Oracle WebLogic Server.
1.2.2.2.1 Management Features
Note the following license considerations for management features:
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Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control is included with WebLogic Server Standard Edition, WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition, and WebLogic Suite Edition.
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Unrestricted use of the WebLogic Server Administration Console, the WebLogic Scripting Tool, and WebLogic JMX is available in all WebLogic Server editions.
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WebLogic Server Standard Edition, WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition, and WebLogic Suite work with Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control, which is Oracle's integrated tool for managing your Oracle Grid and the components running on the grid.
1.2.2.2.2 Diagnostics Pack for Oracle Middleware
The Oracle Enterprise Manager Diagnostics Pack for Oracle Middleware improves the availability and performance of Java applications with low overhead, as well as providing in-depth diagnostics. It enables administrators to proactively monitor application performance and diagnose the root cause of performance problems, such as an application crashing and hanging in a production environment, which may severely impact businesses.
For feature highlights and license details, see the Oracle Enterprise Manager Licensing Information document available at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/grid-control/documentation/index.html
1.2.2.3 High Availability Features
Oracle WebLogic Server provides several features and tools to support the deployment of highly available and scalable applications, including the following:
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WebLogic Server clusters, which provide scalability and reliability for your applications by distributing the work load among multiple instances of WebLogic Server.
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Work Managers, which prioritize work based on rules you define and by monitoring actual run time performance statistics. Work Managers can be used to provide overload protection, such as detecting, avoiding, and recovering from excess workload. They may be applied globally to a WebLogic Server domain or to a specific application or component.
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WebLogic Server persistent store, which is a built-in, high-performance storage solution for WebLogic Server subsystems and services that require persistence. For example, it can store persistent JMS messages or temporarily store messages sent using the Store-and-Forward feature. The persistent store supports persistence to a file-based store or to a JDBC-enabled database.
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Network channels, which facilitate the effective use of network resources by segregating network traffic into channels based on the type of traffic.
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Store-and-forward services, which enable WebLogic Server to deliver messages reliably between applications that are distributed across WebLogic Server instances. If the message destination is not available at the moment the messages are sent, either because of network problems or system failures, then the messages are saved on a local server instance and are forwarded to the remote destination once it becomes available.
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Oracle Database Real Application Cluster (RAC) integration, which is provided by WebLogic Server via multi data sources, a collection of data sources representing each node in an Oracle Database RAC treated logically as one data source by the application layer, and GridLink data sources, an integration with Oracle Database RAC that requires only one data source per Oracle Database RAC within WebLogic Server.
A multi data source is an abstraction around a group of data sources that provides load balancing or failover processing at the time of connection requests, between the data sources associated with the multi data source.
Some WebLogic Server high availability features require special licensing considerations, which are described in the following sections.
1.2.2.3.1 WebLogic Server Standard Edition
A Standard Edition license provides unlimited access to most high availability features in WebLogic Server, with the exception of Cluster Support. With a Standard Edition license, no restrictions are placed on the following:
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The number of Managed Server instances that may be configured in a WebLogic domain
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Use of the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In to perform load balancing among non-clustered Managed Server instances using the
WebLogicClusterplug-in configuration parameter
1.2.2.3.2 Cluster Support
Cluster Support is provided in all WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition and WebLogic Suite Edition licenses, and includes the following capabilities:
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Application failover
When an application component becomes unavailable for any reason, a copy of the failed object finishes the job. In case of hardware or other failures, session state is available to other cluster nodes that can resume the work of the failed node.
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Cluster management and administration
Creating a cluster of Managed Servers enables management and administration of these clustered servers as a single entity. Cluster management and administration features are provided for configuration, application deployment, and monitoring purposes.
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Automatic and manual migration of a clustered server instance from one computer to another using Server Migration
Using Service Migration, the uninterrupted availability of singleton services — services that must run on only a single server instance at any given time, such as JMS and the JTA transaction recovery system — is ensured when the hosting server instance fails.
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Load balancing
Incoming requests can be routed to a WebLogic Server instance in the cluster based on the volume of work being processed.
The following types of objects can be clustered in a WebLogic Server deployment:
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Servlets
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Java Server Pages
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Enterprise JavaBeans
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Remote Method Invocation (RMI) objects
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Java Messaging Service (JMS) destinations. Note:
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A connection factory and a destination can be targeted to different WebLogic Server instances.
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Foreign servers and distributed destinations may be used across multiple WebLogic Server instances.
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1.2.2.3.3 High Availability Considerations for Oracle WebLogic Server Middle-Tier Instances
There are several ways that you can make WebLogic Server instances highly available. Each of these high availability models has specific licensing implications. These considerations are similar to the licensing considerations for the high availability features of the Oracle Database.
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Backup: In this type of recovery, WebLogic Server data/files of the primary server are stored on storage devices, such as tape media, and customers are not required to purchase additional licenses.
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Failover (also known as Active/Passive or Cold Failover Cluster): In this type of recovery, WebLogic Server nodes are configured in an Active/Passive Cluster; the first installed node acts as a primary node. If the primary node fails, one of the nodes in the cluster acts as the primary node. In this type of environment Oracle permits licensed Oracle WebLogic Server customers to run the WebLogic Server on an unlicensed spare computer for up to a total of ten separate days in any given calendar year. Any other use requires the environment to be fully licensed. Additionally, the same metric (that is, processor-based, or named user based) must be used when licensing the WebLogic Server in a failover environment.
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Remote Mirroring: This method involves copying the WebLogic Server software to the secondary site and copying the changes in the primary WebLogic Server configuration and data to the secondary site. This can be accomplished through techniques such as storage based remote mirroring or host based mirroring. In the event of a failure at the primary site, the Oracle WebLogic Server on the secondary site is run using the remote storage. In this environment, Oracle WebLogic Server must be fully licensed at the primary site, and if it is ever installed and/or run at the secondary site, it must also be fully licensed there. Additionally, the same metric (that is, processor-based, or named user based) must be used to license both WebLogic Server domains.
1.2.2.3.4 Database Integration
WebLogic Server JDBC multi data sources, also known as GridLink for RAC, are available in WebLogic Server Standard Edition, WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition, and WebLogic Suite.
Use of WebLogic Server GridLink data sources, known as Active GridLink for RAC, is an entitlement available only as part of licensing WebLogic Suite or Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software.
Table 1-3 lists and describes the license restricted Oracle WebLogic Server GridLink data source XML configuration elements.
Table 1-3 GridLink Data Source (Active GridLink for RAC) Configuration Detail
| Data Source Configuration | Description |
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<fan-enabled> |
Enables Fast Application Notification (FAN) event awareness of WebLogic Server |
<ons-node-list> |
Identifies list of Oracle Notification Service (ONS) nodes |
<ons-wallet-file> |
Identifies file defining SSL keys for ONS |
For more information about configuring GridLink data sources within WebLogic Server, see "Using GridLink Data Sources" in Configuring and Managing JDBC Data Sources for Oracle WebLogic Server.
1.2.2.4 WebLogic SIP Server
WebLogic SIP Server is included in all editions of Oracle WebLogic Server; however, you must license Oracle Communications Converged Application Server (OCCAS) in order to have usage rights to SIP Server.
1.2.2.5 Apache Derby
Apache Derby is an all-Java open source RDBMS that is included in the WebLogic Server distribution solely in support of WebLogic Server evaluation, either in the form of custom trial applications or through packaged sample applications provided with WebLogic Server. Use of Derby is subject to the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0, available at the following URL:
1.2.2.6 Java SE
Note the following Java SE considerations. For full details on Java SE Editions, see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/products/index.html.
1.2.2.6.1 Java SE
Java SE includes the Java Development Kit (JDK), the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and the JRockit JDK.
1.2.2.6.2 Oracle Java SE Advanced
Oracle Java SE Advanced includes Java SE plus additional features for mission critical enterprise client and server deployments of Java such as JRockit Mission Control and Flight Recorder.
Oracle Java SE Advanced is included in WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition and is restricted for WebLogic Server. Java SE is included for client applications that access these server components.
1.2.2.6.3 Oracle Java SE Suite
Oracle Java SE Suite includes Oracle Java SE Advanced plus additional features for soft real-time and virtualization such as JRockit Real Time.
Oracle Java SE Suite is included in WebLogic Suite and is restricted for WebLogic Server, Oracle Containers for J2EE and Coherence. Java SE is included for client applications that access these server components.
1.2.2.7 Standalone WebLogic Clients
The licenses for WebLogic Server Standard Edition, WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition, and WebLogic Suite Edition provide unrestricted use of the client JAR files bundled with WebLogic Server for creating standalone clients that access applications hosted on WebLogic Server.
The client JARs and other resources provided in Oracle WebLogic Server for creating standalone clients, and the key features they support, are listed in Table 1-4:
Table 1-4 Client JAR files and Other Resources Provided for Standalone Clients
| Client Type | Bundled Resources | Key Features |
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WebLogic Full Client (T3) |
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Supports the following:
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WebLogic Thin Client (T3) |
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Supports the following:
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WebLogic-IIOP |
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Java EE Application Client (Thin Client) |
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JMS Thin Client |
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JMS SAF Client — for using store-and-forward services |
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JMS C Client |
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JMS .NET Client |
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Microsoft .NET client applications, written in C# that can access WebLogic JMS applications and resources |
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JMX Client |
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Accesses WebLogic Server MBeans |
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Web Services Client |
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Invokes Web Service |
1.2.2.8 Other WebLogic Server Clients
The licenses for WebLogic Server Standard Edition, WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition, and WebLogic Suite provide unrestricted use of the clients listed and described in Table 1-5 for the licensed WebLogic Server installation.
Table 1-5 Other Clients Not Restricted for Use with the Licensed WebLogic Server
| Client Type | Key Features |
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WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) |
Client for configuring WebLogic Server instances |
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Web server plug-ins for WebLogic Server |
Client for Apache HTTP Server, Microsoft Internet Information Server, Oracle HTTP Server, and Oracle iPlanet Web Server |
1.2.3 Restricted-Use Licensing
The following restricted-use licenses are included with Oracle WebLogic Server in the editions and products indicated.
1.2.3.1 Oracle Database License Requirements
WebLogic Suite includes Oracle Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition, which includes a restricted-use license of the Oracle Database. See Section 1.3.3, "Restricted-Use Licensing" for details.
1.2.3.2 Oracle Internet Application Server Requirements
See Section 1.3.3, "Restricted-Use Licensing," for details about restricted-use licenses included with WebLogic Suite Edition.
1.2.3.3 Oracle JDeveloper License Requirements
Oracle JDeveloper bundles UDDI client libraries from the HP SOA Systinet Registry. Such libraries and UDDI client functionality are licensed only to the end user for the purpose of connecting to and communicating with the Oracle Service Registry.
1.2.3.4 Oracle Java SE Advanced and Oracle Java SE Suite
WebLogic Server EE includes a restricted use license for Oracle Java SE Advanced (restricted for WebLogic Server. Java SE is included for client applications that access WebLogic Server).
WebLogic Suite includes a restricted use license for Oracle Java SE Suite (restricted for WebLogic Server, Oracle Containers for J2EE and Coherence. Java SE is included for client applications that access these server components).
For details on Java SE Editions, see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/products/index.html.
1.2.4 General Licensing Information
Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition, WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition, and WebLogic Suite Edition can be licensed with the Named User Plus metric and/or the Processor metric.
1.3 The Oracle Internet Application Server Product Family
Oracle Internet Application Server is available in three editions with different functional capabilities, each suitable for different kinds of applications and different development and deployment scenarios. Oracle also offers several application server options, packs, and other products that enhance the capabilities of Oracle Internet Application Server for specific purposes. This section describes the licensing editions of Oracle Internet Application Server.
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All editions of the products Oracle Internet Application Server and Oracle Forms and Reports Server include rights to WebLogic Server Basic. WebLogic Server Basic is only for running components provided within these products such as Forms, Reports, Discoverer and Portal. It can also be used for custom Java applications such as those developed for Oracle Containers for J2EE. Products outside of Oracle Internet Application Server and Oracle Forms and Reports that have licensing dependencies on any edition of Oracle Internet Application Server or Oracle Forms and Reports do not have the right to run those products on WebLogic Server Basic unless stated specifically within their licensing documentation. For complete details about WebLogic Server Basic, see Appendix A, "WebLogic Server Basic."Table 1-6 introduces the Oracle Internet Application Server licensing options.
Table 1-6 Oracle Internet Application Server Editions
| Licensing Edition | High-Level Functionality | Included Features |
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Standard Edition |
Oracle Internet Application Server Standard Edition includes:
Note: In Oracle Fusion Middleware 10g Release 2 and Release 3, Oracle Internet Application Server includes the licensing rights to Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J) as the J2EE container. In Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, customers of Oracle Internet Application Server continue to have rights to OC4J 10g Release 2 and Release 3. Oracle Internet Application Server also includes the Oracle Security Developer Tools. Oracle Internet Application Server Standard Edition, in addition to the components listed above, also includes the following:
Note: In Oracle Fusion Middleware 10g Release 2, Oracle Internet Application Server includes the licensing rights to Oracle Single Sign-On. In Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, customers of Oracle Internet Application Server continue to have rights to Oracle Single Sign-On 10g Release 2. In Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, customers of Oracle Internet Application Server additionally have the rights to Oracle Access Manager Basic as described in Section B, "Oracle Access Manager Basic." In Oracle Fusion Middleware 10g Release 2, Oracle Internet Application Server Standard Edition includes limited use licenses for Oracle Internet Directory and Oracle Single Sign-On. The full use licenses for these products are available in Oracle Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition, and also in Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite Plus as described in Section 9.14, "Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite Plus." |
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Standard Edition One |
Oracle Internet Application Server Standard Edition One includes all of the Standard Edition functionality. |
All features included in Standard Edition |
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Enterprise Edition |
Oracle Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition includes all of the Standard Edition functionality, plus:
In addition to the components listed above, Oracle Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition includes the rights to the following components from Oracle Fusion Middleware 10g Release 2:
Oracle Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition includes full use licenses for Oracle Internet Directory. Note: In Oracle Fusion Middleware 10g Release 2, Oracle Internet Application Server includes the licensing rights to Oracle Single Sign-On. In Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, customers of Oracle Internet Application Server continue to have rights to Oracle Single Sign-On 10g Release 2. In Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, customers of Oracle Internet Application Server additionally have the rights to Oracle Access Manager Basic as described in Section B, "Oracle Access Manager Basic." Note: If you license Oracle Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition, some Identity Management and Access Management components will be from earlier releases of Oracle Fusion Middleware 10g. |
All Standard Edition features, plus:
See Section 1.3.2.2.2, "Oracle Identity Management," for details about Identity Management features. |
1.3.1 Oracle Internet Application Server Editions and Installation Types
When you install Oracle Internet Application Server, you will have the choice of several installation types. Each installation type provides a specific set of components and features.
Oracle Internet Application Server editions do not map directly to these product installation types. It is important to understand how these two concepts relate to each other. Table 1-7 lists the minimum edition requirements for each installation type.
In each case, the minimum edition listed is the edition required to install the installation type. However, the minimum edition may not enable you to use everything included in that installation type. For example, you can install Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer from an installation type, but the Standard Edition license does not cover the usage of Oracle Forms, Reports and Discoverer. These restrictions are detailed in Table 1-8.
Table 1-7 Edition Requirements for Installation Types of Oracle Internet Application Server
| Installation Type | Oracle Internet Application Server Minimum Edition Required |
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Web Tier |
Standard Edition |
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WebLogic Server |
Standard Edition or Standard Edition One |
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JDeveloper |
Standard Edition |
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TopLink |
Standard Edition |
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Oracle Identity Management |
Standard Edition or Standard Edition One |
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Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer |
Standard Edition or Standard Edition One |
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Integration, Oracle B2B |
Enterprise Edition |
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Repository Creation Utility |
Standard Edition or Standard Edition One |
Table 1-8 lists the installation types available with each of the Oracle Internet Application Server editions, along with any exceptions or restrictions associated with each edition-installation pair.
Table 1-8 Installation Types Included with Editions of Oracle Internet Application Server
| Edition | Installation Types | Exceptions |
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Standard Edition or Standard Edition One |
Web Tier WebLogic Server JDeveloper TopLink Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer Repository Creation Utility |
Upgrade to Enterprise Edition if you need:
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Enterprise Edition |
Web Tier WebLogic Server JDeveloper TopLink Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer Integration, Oracle B2B Repository Creation Utility |
If you use Discoverer Plus and/or Discoverer Viewer, you need at least one license of Discoverer Administrator, which is included in Oracle Developer Suite. For Integration installations, all packaged application, legacy system, and B2B adapters are licensed separately. |
1.3.2 Licensing Considerations for Additional Features
Certain Oracle Application Server features have additional licensing considerations. This section contains the following subsections:
1.3.2.1 Management Features
All editions of Oracle Internet Application Server include Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control, which is used for managing all the components within Oracle Internet Application Server. In addition, all of the Oracle Internet Application Server editions work with Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control, which is Oracle's integrated tool for managing your Oracle Grid and the components running on the grid (for example, single instance databases, Real Application Clusters, Oracle Applications, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and third-party products).
Grid Control includes a restricted-use license for the Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server components required to deploy Grid Control. Refer to Section 1.3.3, "Restricted-Use Licensing," for details on the restricted-use licenses.
1.3.2.2 Security Features
Oracle Application Server provides a number of features to ensure security between the client and the application server, and between the application server and the database.
1.3.2.2.1 Oracle Advanced Security
Oracle Advanced Security ensures that communication over the Oracle SQL*Net Protocol is encrypted and secure. It also provides strong authentication services between the application server and the database. As part of a "secure by default" architecture, Oracle Advanced Security is installed with Oracle Fusion Middleware by default. This ensures that the client components required for secure communication and strong authentication between the application server and an Oracle database are present. However, if you want to configure and use the secure communication and authentication services provided by Oracle Advanced Security, you must also license Oracle Advanced Security with the Oracle database with which the application server communicates.
1.3.2.2.2 Oracle Identity Management
The Oracle Identity Management license that is included in Oracle Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition includes the following:
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Oracle Internet Directory
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Oracle Directory Integration Platform
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Oracle Delegated Administration Services
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Oracle Directory Services Manager
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Oracle Single Sign-On
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Oracle Access Manager Basic
For more information, see Section B, "Oracle Access Manager Basic."
A restricted use license for some of the Oracle Identity Management features is included with the application server for specific purposes. For more information, see Section 1.3.3, "Restricted-Use Licensing."
1.3.2.3 High Availability Features
Oracle Internet Application Server has several high availability features that require special licensing considerations. These considerations are similar to the licensing considerations for the high availability features of the Oracle Database. These considerations are described in Section 1.2.2.3.3, "High Availability Considerations for Oracle WebLogic Server Middle-Tier Instances." There are further high availability restrictions for Oracle Internet Application Server based on the limited use license of WebLogic Server Basic, described in Appendix A, "WebLogic Server Basic."
1.3.2.4 Adapters
See Chapter 3, "Oracle Fusion Middleware Adapters," for a description of Fusion Middleware Adapters. Technology adapters are included in all Oracle Internet Application Server editions. Other adapters require separate licensing.
1.3.3 Restricted-Use Licensing
The following restricted-use licenses are included with Oracle Internet Application Server in the editions and products indicated.
1.3.3.1 Standard Edition and Standard Edition One
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Oracle Single Sign-On is provided only for use with Oracle Portal.
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Oracle Internet Directory is provided for use with Oracle Single Sign-On and with application server components to:
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Provision, store, and manage users and groups, along with their associated security credentials and privileges
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Synchronize data with third party directory services
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Store other component-specific metadata
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Oracle Advanced Security Option is included, with use limited strictly to the Oracle Java SSL Library.
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The Oracle Database (Enterprise Edition) is provided only for use with the Oracle Repository Creation Utility database schema for storing product metadata.
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During installation, you can choose to install the product metadata into an existing, licensed database. Choosing this option has the following licensing implications:-
The restricted use license does not apply to the use of the existing database as the Oracle Repository Creation Utility database schema.
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If the computer on which your existing database is running does not run any other Oracle Application Server installations, there is no Oracle Internet Application Server license requirement for that computer.
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Installing the Oracle Repository Creation Utility database schema into your existing database may increase the number of users accessing that database, and may thus affect your database license needs. You need to make sure that you have the appropriate number of database licenses to ensure compliance.
1.3.3.2 Enterprise Edition
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Oracle Advanced Security Option is included, with use limited strictly to the Oracle Java SSL Library.
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The Oracle Database (Enterprise Edition) is provided only for use with the Oracle Repository Creation Utility database schema for storing product metadata.
Notes:
During installation, you can choose to install the Oracle Repository Creation Utility database schema into an existing, licensed database. Choosing this option has the following licensing implications:-
The restricted use license does not apply to the use of the existing database for the Oracle Repository Creation Utility database schema.
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If the computer on which your existing database is running does not run any other Oracle Fusion Middleware installations, there is no Oracle Internet Application Server license requirement for that computer.
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Installing the Oracle Repository Creation Utility database schema into your existing database may increase the number of users accessing that database, and may thus affect your database license needs. You need to make sure that you have the appropriate number of database licenses to ensure compliance.
1.3.3.3 Oracle Database License Requirements: Oracle Internet Application Server (Standard Edition, Standard Edition One, Enterprise Edition) and WebLogic Suite
Storing any data other than the Oracle Repository Creation Utility database schema in the Oracle Application Server Infrastructure database requires a full use license of the Oracle Database (Standard Edition, Standard Edition One, or Enterprise Edition).
1.3.3.3.1 Full Use License of Oracle Database Standard Edition or Standard Edition One
Some examples of the kinds of data that require the purchase of a full use license for the Oracle Database Standard Edition or Standard Edition One include:
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Documents or any other objects stored in the Oracle Database under Oracle Content Management SDK
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Documents or any kind of content stored in the Portal Repository
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Oracle Integration B2B
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Any BPEL Process Manager process instance data, which includes using Oracle Database as the dehydration store
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Any LDAP data related to the use of Oracle Internet Directory as a general purpose LDAP directory
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Any other custom data that is created or updated by an application
1.3.3.3.2 Full Use License of Oracle Database Enterprise Edition
Two kinds of data require the purchase of a full use license of the Oracle Database Enterprise Edition:
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Any Oracle Portal that leverages the VPD functionality of the database for hosting
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Any LDAP data related to the use of an Oracle Internet Directory LDAP Directory, and database replication is used
1.3.3.3.3 When is a Full Use License of Oracle Database Not Required?
The following scenarios do not require the purchase of a full use license of the Oracle Database when you purchase Oracle Internet Application Server:
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If you are only using Oracle Web Cache
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If you are using Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer only against a non-Oracle database
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If you are using Oracle Reports Services only against a non-Oracle database
1.3.4 General Licensing Information
Oracle Internet Application Server Standard Edition, Oracle Internet Application Server Standard Edition One, and Oracle Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition can be licensed with the Named User Plus metric and/or the Processor metric.
1.4 The Oracle GlassFish Server
Oracle GlassFish Server is a Java EE server infrastructure that comes with a rich administrative console and scripting infrastructure for developing and deploying Java EE applications. It is available as a standalone product.
When you license Oracle GlassFish Server, it includes:
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Java EE Server infrastructure
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Java SE. For details on Java SE Editions, see
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Oracle GlassFish Message Queue
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Oracle GlassFish Server HTTP load balancer plug-in
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Enterprise Manager, GlassFish Control — management console
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Oracle TopLink — for JPA 2.0 persistence infrastructure
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asadmin — the command line interface to Oracle GlassFish Server
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HADB — for Oracle GlassFish 2.x releases, enabling additional quality of service support for state management
Oracle GlassFish Server is part of the Oracle Fusion Middleware application grid portfolio and is ideally suited for applications requiring lightweight infrastructure with the most up-to-date implementation of enterprise Java, Java EE 6, and Java Web Services infrastructure.
1.4.1 Java SE
Java SE includes the Java Development Kit (JDK), the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and the JRockit JDK.
For full details on Java SE Editions, see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/products/index.html.
1.5 Oracle Web Tier
Oracle Web Tier is a high performance Web server infrastructure consisting of the following components:
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Oracle HTTP Server
Oracle HTTP Server is an Apache based web server that provides a HTTP listener for Oracle WebLogic Server and the framework for hosting static pages, dynamic pages, and applications over the web.
Oracle HTTP Server includes the following extensions:
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mod_ossl
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proxy plug-in
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mod_oradav
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mod_fastcgi
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mod_rewrite
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mod_plsql
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mod_osso
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mod_perl
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Oracle iPlanet Web Server
Oracle iPlanet Web Server is the former Sun Java System Web Server, and delivering a single, secure infrastructure for all Web technologies and applications.
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Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server
Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server solves the problems of network congestion and slow response time and provides control over network resources without burdening end users or network administrators.
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Oracle Web Cache
Oracle Web Cache is a content-aware server accelerator, or reverse proxy, for the web tier that improves the performance, scalability, and availability of Web sites running on any web server or application server, such as Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle WebLogic Server. Oracle Web Cache can serve large numbers of client requests, offloading this process from the application server.
1.6 Oracle Coherence
Oracle Coherence is an in-memory data grid solution that enables you to scale applications by providing fast access to frequently used data.
This section contains the following topics:
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Section 1.6.1, "Oracle Coherence Standard and Enterprise Edition"
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Section 1.6.7, "Feature Availability in Coherence Server Editions"
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Section 1.6.8, "Feature Availability in Coherence Client Editions"
1.6.1 Oracle Coherence Standard and Enterprise Edition
This section includes the following topics:
1.6.1.1 License Model
The licensing model for Coherence Enterprise and Standard Edition provides for homogeneous peer-to-peer deployments within the cluster. That means that every member node in the Coherence cluster needs to be licensed with the same Server Edition of Coherence. For Example, every cluster member node in the Enterprise Edition cluster must be running and be properly licensed for Coherence Enterprise Edition. Standard and Enterprise Edition licensing does not distinguish between Cache ClientsFoot 1 and Cache ServersFoot 2 . With Standard and Enterprise Editions Cache Clients must be licensed with the appropriate Server Edition license.
1.6.1.2 Client Access to Enterprise and Standard Edition Clusters
For enabling access to the Enterprise or Standard Edition clusters by clients that are not members of the cluster using TCP/IP (through Extend/TCP) Coherence Data Clients may be used. An unlimited number of Coherence Data Client licenses are included at no additional charge with every license of Coherence Enterprise or Standard Edition. Data Clients are also multi-language clients. Currently Java, C++ or .NET (C#) Data Clients are available. Coherence Data Clients connect to the Coherence cluster through one or more specially configured cluster member node called an Extend Proxy. All Extend Proxy nodes must also be properly licensed with appropriate Server Edition licenses. Coherence Data Clients are able to access (put, get, query) data in the Coherence Cluster and make invocation service requests using standard Coherence APIs, but they do not have the ability to sign up to be notified of the changes to the data in the grid. Further, Data Clients do not have the ability to use Near Caches or Continuous Query, as those capabilities also rely on the ability to receive notifications of data change from the cluster.
Figure 1-1 shows what an Enterprise or a Standard Edition deployment may look like from the licensing perspective.
Figure 1-1 Oracle Coherence Standard or Enterprise Edition Deployment
Description of "Figure 1-1 Oracle Coherence Standard or Enterprise Edition Deployment"
1.6.2 Oracle Coherence Grid Edition
Grid Edition licensing includes the unlimited use of Real Time Clients which may be of the following two types:
1.6.2.1 Real Time Cluster Member Client
Real Time Cluster Member Clients may be part of the Grid Edition Cluster and have all the capabilities of the Grid Edition except those associated with managing partitioned data and those associated with being an Extend Proxy. In other words they may be thought of as Grid Edition nodes configured to have all their partitioned cache services storage-enabled attribute set to false and unable to host connections from Extend/TCP Clients.
Real Time Cluster Member Clients are always Java clients.
Real Time Cluster Member Client nodes may not be configured as Extend Proxy for other Real Time Clients (only Server Edition nodes may be configured as Proxy Servers for use by multi-language Data Clients and Real Time Extend/TCP Clients).
1.6.2.2 Real Time Extend/TCP Client
Real Time Extend/TCP Clients connect to the Coherence cluster over TCP/IP through one or more specially configured cluster member node called an Extend Proxy. All Extend Proxy nodes must also be properly licensed with the Grid Edition licenses.
Real Time Extend/TCP Clients are multi-language clients and currently Java, .NET (C#) and C++ Real Time Extend/TCP Clients are available.
In contrast to the Data Clients, Real Time Extend/TCP Clients have the ability to sign up for notifications for events taking place in the Grid and can take advantage of Coherence Near Caches and Continuous Queries.
Under the Grid Edition licensing model, unlimited number of Real Time Client licenses is included at no additional charge with every license of Coherence Grid Edition.
Figure 1-2 shows what a Grid Edition deployment may look like from the licensing perspective.
Figure 1-2 Oracle Coherence Grid Edition Deployment
Description of "Figure 1-2 Oracle Coherence Grid Edition Deployment"
1.6.3 Coherence*Web OptimizeModifiedSessions
The Oracle Coherence*Web OptimizeModifiedSessions feature requires licensing Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software.
1.6.4 Java SE with Oracle Coherence
Java SE is included in all licenses of Oracle Coherence Standard Edition, Oracle Coherence Enterprise Edition and Oracle Coherence Grid Edition. Java SE is restricted to running applications hosted on components within these products.
For details on Java SE Editions, see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/products/index.html.
1.6.5 Oracle TopLink with Oracle Coherence
A restricted use license for Oracle TopLink and Application Development Framework (see Section 1.1, "Oracle TopLink and Application Development Framework") restricted to use TopLink with Coherence is included in all licenses of Oracle Coherence Enterprise Edition and Oracle Coherence Grid Edition.
1.6.6 Management Pack for Oracle Coherence
Management Pack for Oracle Coherence provides comprehensive monitoring and management capabilities for Coherence. This pack provides complete cluster visibility by supplying detailed metrics of various cluster artifacts and their interdependencies. You can monitor more than one Coherence cluster from a single console.
Enterprise Manager provides out-of-the-box support for metric alerts, enabling users to proactively monitor cluster health. Various performance charts show real-time and historical performance trends. Enterprise Manager automates the mundane tasks of setting up Coherence software and creating a cluster on distributed machines. Enterprise Manager also enables users to start and stop new nodes in an already monitored Coherence cluster. Similarly, users can also start and stop the entire cluster.
For complete license details about Management Pack for Oracle Coherence, see "Oracle Middleware Enterprise Management" in Oracle Enterprise Manager Licensing Information. This document is available from the Oracle Enterprise Manager Documentation page at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/grid-control/documentation/index.html.
1.6.7 Feature Availability in Coherence Server Editions
Table 1-9 lists the features available in the following Coherence Server editions:
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Standard Edition, formerly known as Caching Edition, an application caching solution
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Enterprise Edition, formerly known as Application Edition, an application data management solution
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Grid Edition, formerly known as Data Grid Edition, an enterprise-wide data management solution
Table 1-9 Coherence Server Editions
| Category | Feature | Standard Edition | Enterprise Edition | Grid Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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General |
Fault-tolerant data caching |
 |
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General |
Data management including write-behind, transactions, analytics and events |
N/A |
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|
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General |
Support for heterogeneous clients |
N/A |
N/A |
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|
Connectivity |
Embedded Data Client and Real Time Client functionalityFoot 1 |
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Connectivity |
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|
|
Connectivity |
Support for cross-platform Data Clients |
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|
|
Connectivity |
Multicast-free operation (WKA) |
N/A |
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Security |
Network traffic encryption |
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Security |
Java Authentication & Authorization Service (JAAS) |
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Management & Monitoring |
Management hostFoot 4 |
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Management & Monitoring |
Manageable through clustered JMX |
N/A |
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Caching |
Local cache, Near cache, continuous query cache, real-time events |
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Caching |
Fully replicated data management |
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Caching |
Partitioned data management |
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Caching |
Data source integration through read-through/write-through caching |
|
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Caching |
Elastic Data |
N/A |
N/A |
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Integration |
TopLink integration |
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Integration |
Hibernate integration |
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Integration |
HTTP session management for application servers |
N/A |
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Integration |
BEA Portal "p13n cache" integration |
N/A |
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Analytics |
Parallel InvocableMap and QueryMapFoot 5 |
N/A |
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Transactions |
Write-behind caching |
N/A |
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Transactions |
J2CA Resource Adapter |
N/A |
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Compute Grid |
InvocationService |
N/A |
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Compute Grid |
WorkManager |
N/A |
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Enterprise Data Grid |
WAN supportFoot 6 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Enterprise Data Grid |
Support for cross-platform Real Time Clients |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Footnote 1 Coherence TCMP clusters must be homogeneous with respect to the Coherence Edition. A TCMP cluster of one type (for example, Caching Edition) may connect to a TCMP cluster of another type (for example, Grid Edition) as a Data Client or as a Real Time Client, but this requires server-side licenses. The connection type is configurable and defaults to Real Time Client.
Footnote 2 Coherence Editions may not be mixed within the context of a single TCMP-based cluster. Integration of different Edition types is accomplished through Coherence*Extend (with each cluster acting as either a Data Client or a Real Time Client).
Footnote 3 Oracle's cluster-aware wire protocol (TCMP) provides detailed knowledge of the entire cluster that enables direct server access for lower latency and higher throughput, faster failover/failback/rebalancing, and the ability for any participating member to act as a service provider (for example, data management, remote invocation, management and monitoring, and so on).
Footnote 4 Supports integration with a local MBeanServer. This, with local JMX "agents", allows this node to provide management and monitoring features. Clustered JMX support adds the ability for this node to manage and monitor remote nodes as well.
Footnote 5 Parallel support for InvocableMap and QueryMap will result in server-side execution whenever possible, minimizing data transfer, allowing use of indexing, and parallelizing execution across the cluster. Without parallel support, the operations will retrieve the full dataset to the client for evaluation (which may be very inefficient).
Footnote 6 Grid Edition is required for WAN and other deployments that implement cluster-to-cluster interconnects, including any deployment where responsibility for data and/or processing spans more than one data center and activities are coordinated between those data centers using any form of Coherence-provided messaging or connectivity, such as deployments that feature two or more TCMP clusters interconnected by Coherence*Extend.
1.6.8 Feature Availability in Coherence Client Editions
Table 1-10 lists the features available in the following Coherence Client Editions: note that the Data Client may be used with all Coherence Server Editions. The Real Time Client may only be used with Grid Edition. Extend/TCP is an abbreviation for Coherence*Extend configured for transport over TCP/IP.
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Data Client — The Data Grid client for use anywhere. May be used with all Coherence Server Editions
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Real Time Client configured as an Extend/TCP client — The real time desktop client. May be used only with Coherence Grid Edition.
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Real Time Client configured as a Compute Client — The server-class client providing key manageability, monitoring, Quality of Service, and performance capabilities. May be used only with Coherence Grid Edition.
Table 1-10 Coherence Client Editions
| Category | Feature | Data Client | Real Time Client (Extend/TCP) | Real Time Client (Compute) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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General |
Access to data and services on the data grid |
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General |
Real time synchronization with the data grid |
N/A |
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API Language |
Java |
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API Language |
.NET |
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N/A |
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API Language |
C++ |
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N/A |
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Client API |
Data transformation (PIFPOF / ExternalizableLite / XmlBean) |
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Client API |
InvocationServiceFoot 1 |
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Client API |
NamedCache (core) |
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Client API |
NamedCache (with ObservableMap real time events) |
N/A |
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Client API |
MemberListener |
N/A |
N/A |
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Connectivity |
Coherence*Extend clientFoot 2 |
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Connectivity |
Multicast-free operationFootref 2 |
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Connectivity |
TCMP cluster technologyFoot 3 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Security |
Network traffic encryption |
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Security |
Java Authentication & Authorization Service (JAAS) |
N/A |
N/A |
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Caching |
Local cache |
N/A |
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Caching |
Near cache |
N/A |
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Caching |
Continuous query cache |
N/A |
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Caching |
Fully replicated cache |
N/A |
N/A |
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Transactions |
Local transactions |
N/A |
N/A |
|
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Integration |
Hibernate integration |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
Integration |
HTTP session management for application servers |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
Integration |
BEA Portal "p13n cache" integration |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
Management & Monitoring |
Management host |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
Management & Monitoring |
Manageable through clustered JMX |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
Compute Grid |
InvocationService |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
Compute Grid |
WorkManager |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Footnote 1 Data Client and Real Time Client (Extend/TCP) invocations are executed by the Extend Proxy Server they are connected to.
Footnote 2 For Data Clients and Real Time Clients (Extend/TCP), Coherence*Extend is used to extend the core TCMP cluster to a greater ranging network, including desktops, other servers and WAN links. The Coherence*Extend protocol is transported over TCP/IP.
Footnote 3 Oracle's cluster-aware wire protocol (TCMP) provides detailed knowledge of the entire cluster that enables direct server access for lower latency and higher throughput, faster failover/failback/rebalancing, and the ability for any participating member to act as a service provider (for example, data management, remote invocation, management and monitoring, and so on).
1.7 Oracle Enterprise Gateway
Oracle Enterprise Gateway can be licensed independently of any edition of Oracle Internet Application Server or Oracle WebLogic Server. Oracle Enterprise Gateway includes the following components:
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Oracle Enterprise Gateway Service Explorer
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Oracle Enterprise Gateway Policy Studio
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Oracle Enterprise Gateway Policy Center
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Oracle Enterprise Gateway Service Manager
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Oracle Enterprise Gateway Service Monitor
1.8 Oracle BPEL Process Manager
Oracle BPEL Process Manager enables enterprises to model, deploy, and manage BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) processes. It includes a BPEL business process modeler, a scalable BPEL run-time engine, an extensible WSDL binding framework, and a monitoring console.
Oracle BPEL Process Manager can be separately licensed as a standalone product or as an option to WebLogic Suite (see Section 2.1, "Oracle BPEL Process Manager Option"). Oracle BPEL Process Manager is also a component of the following suites:
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SOA Suite for Non Oracle Middleware
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SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware
Oracle BPEL Process Manager bundles UDDI client libraries from the HP SOA Systinet Registry. Such libraries and UDDI client functionality are licensed only to the end user for the purpose of connecting to and communicating with the Oracle Service Registry.
Oracle BPEL Process Manager includes a restricted-use license for Oracle Coherence Standard Edition for clustering use only.
1.9 Oracle WebLogic Integration
Oracle WebLogic Integration is a comprehensive and flexible java-based solution that allows integrating systems, data, and people within and across companies to make the most of existing assets wherever they are. It includes standards-based connectivity for all major packaged applications, support for best practice patterns, and a unified development environment designed to allow rapid construction of complex, transactional process scenarios. WebLogic Integration accelerates SOA initiatives by rapidly enabling corporate information and process integrations as a service to drive continued business innovation
Oracle WebLogic Integration is separately licensed as a standalone product.
1.10 Oracle Service Registry
Oracle Service Registry (OSR) provides a "DNS"-like reference for SOA. A fully compliant UDDI v3 registry, Oracle Service Registry provides a standards-based interface for SOA run-time infrastructure to dynamically discover and bind to deployed service end points. As part of the Oracle SOA Governance solution, Oracle Service Registry bridges the gap between the design time and run-time environments through automated synchronization with Oracle Enterprise Repository and SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware.
Oracle Service Registry is separately licensed as a standalone product; however, OSR works together with Oracle Enterprise Repository, Oracle Web Services Manager, and SOA Management Pack Enterprise Edition to provide an enterprise-class SOA Governance solution.
Customers who licensed Oracle Internet Application Server (Java Edition, Standard Edition, or the Enterprise Edition), before August 8, 2008, continue to be licensed for the free 50 Service Registry entries. All Internet Application Server (any edition) licenses after August 8, 2008 do not contain these.
1.11 Oracle Enterprise Repository
The Oracle Enterprise Repository (OER) is a comprehensive repository that provides visibility into all SOA assets and their relationships to eliminate redundancy, promote reuse, and manage impact of change; end-to-end governance of the SOA lifecycle for risk reduction through automated, repeatable processes; and analytics that provide insight into the business value of SOA for better decision-making.
OER includes a restricted-use license to Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite or Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite for Non Oracle Middleware to modify existing workflows that are supplied with OER and implement new Repository-centric workflows. The following capabilities of Oracle BPM Suite are not included in the restricted-use license and would trigger the full use license: Simulation, Business Activity Monitoring, Process Analytics, and Process Portal.
OER includes a restricted-use license for Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher to run pre-configured reports supplied with OER. Layout changes to these reports are permitted, but content changes or the creation of new reports would trigger a full use license.
Oracle Enterprise Repository is separately licensed as a standalone product; however, OER works together with Oracle Service Registry, Oracle Web Services Manager, and SOA Management Pack Enterprise Edition to provide an enterprise-class SOA Governance solution.
1.12 Oracle Web Services Manager
Oracle Web Services Manager provides policy based declarative security and reliability for Web services and their clients. Oracle Web Services Manager is licensed as part of SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware. Oracle Web Services Manager works together with Oracle Enterprise Repository, Oracle Service Registry, and SOA Management Pack Enterprise Edition to provide an enterprise-class SOA Governance solution.
1.13 SOA Suite for Non Oracle Middleware
SOA Suite is an integrated, best-in-class suite of products that help you build, deploy, and manage deployments ranging from department-level to enterprise-wide systems. Customers using WebLogic Server should use SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware (Section 2.3, "SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware"). Customers with non-Oracle application servers, such as WebSphere, should license this "Non Oracle" version.
SOA Suite for Non Oracle Middleware includes the same components and licenses as SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware, with the following exceptions:
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Oracle B2B and Technology Adapters are included in SOA Suite for Non Oracle Middleware. SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware includes Oracle B2B and Technology Adapters indirectly as components of the prerequisite WebLogic Suite.
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Oracle Service Bus (Section 2.2, "Oracle Service Bus") is not included in SOA Suite for Non Oracle Middleware.
1.14 Unified Business Process Management Suite for Non Oracle Middleware
Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite is a software suite that integrates the modeling, integration, execution, management and monitoring of business processes into a complete lifecycle that supports rapid change. It enables the creation, execution, and optimization of business processes, providing for unparalleled collaboration between business and IT. As a result, business processes are automated and optimized to improve efficiency and agility while costs are lowered. Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite leverages your existing IT investments and is specially tuned for line-of-business users. Using Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite, you can improve productivity and visibility and provide your organization with the ability to respond to market needs as never before.
Customers using WebLogic Server should use Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite (Section 2.4, "Unified Business Process Management Suite"). Customers with non-Oracle application servers, such as WebSphere, should license this "Non Oracle" version. Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite for Non Oracle Middleware includes the same components and licenses as Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite.
Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite for Non Oracle Middleware is licensed as an option on SOA Suite for Non Oracle Middleware.
1.15 Oracle Business Process Analysis Suite
Oracle BPA Suite is a modeling and analysis tool targeted at business analysts. It supports rigorous process methodologies such as Six Sigma and hierarchical process modeling including value-chain diagrams, ultimately decomposing down to BPMN models. These BPMN models are shared with the BPEL editor, including full bidirectional synchronization, for seamless round trip design. BPA Suite also includes rich analysis, simulation, and reporting.
Although it is not included in the Oracle BPM Suite package, Oracle BPA Suite is an integral part of the Oracle Business Process Management platform.
1.16 Event-Driven Architecture Suite
The EDA Suite is a differentiated suite of Oracle integration products focused on meeting the event-driven application development needs of developers defining front-office applications that require low latency, high throughput and deterministic processing of data or event streams.
The Event-Driven Architecture Suite includes:
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Oracle Complex Event Processing (CEP)
Oracle CEP (formerly BEA's WebLogic Event Server) is the first and only Java server for the development of high-performance event driven applications. It is a lightweight Java application container built from the ground up, based on Equinox OSGi, with shared services, including a powerful Complex Event Processing (CEP) service, which provides a rich, declarative environment to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of managing business operations. CEP detects patterns in the flow of events, often based on filtering, correlation, and aggregation across event sources and includes industry leading temporal and ordering capabilities. It supports ultra-high throughput (in excess of one million events per second) and microsecond latency. Oracle CEP includes the Oracle JRockit JVM.
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Oracle Business Activity Monitoring
Oracle Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) is a complete solution for building real-time operational dashboards, monitoring and alerting applications over the Web. It enables customers to monitor business processes and their emanating events to understand the impact on the Key Performance Indicators affecting their business.
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Oracle Enterprise Service Bus (see Section 1.13, "SOA Suite for Non Oracle Middleware")
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Oracle Business Rules
Oracle Business Rules is an inference capable declarative rules engine that enables externalization of rules and policies processes and applications. It includes an authoring environment and run-time server.
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Java SE. For details on Java SE Editions, see
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/products/index.html.
The EDA Suite is separately licensed as a standalone product; however, when Coherence is used as an Oracle CEP caching system, Oracle CEP requires Coherence Enterprise Edition licensing.
1.17 Oracle Forms and Reports
Oracle Forms and Reports can be separately licensed, independent of any Oracle Internet Application Server edition.
When you license it independently, Oracle Forms and Reports includes:
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Oracle Forms
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Forms client applet
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Forms Runtime
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Oracle Reports
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WebLogic Server Basic
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Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control
Note:
All editions of the products Oracle Internet Application Server and Oracle Forms and Reports Server include rights to WebLogic Server Basic. WebLogic Server Basic is only for running components provided within these products such as Forms, Reports, Discoverer and Portal. It can also be used for custom Java applications such as those developed for Oracle Containers for J2EE. Products outside of Oracle Internet Application Server and Oracle Forms and Reports that have licensing dependencies on any edition of Oracle Internet Application Server or Oracle Forms and Reports do not have the right to run those products on WebLogic Server Basic unless stated specifically within their licensing documentation. For complete details about WebLogic Server Basic, see Appendix A, "WebLogic Server Basic."1.17.1 Restricted-Use Licenses
The following restricted-use licenses are included when you separately license Oracle Forms:
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Oracle Single Sign-On is provided for authentication services to users accessing Oracle Forms and Reports.
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Oracle Internet Directory is provided to provision, store, and manage Oracle Forms and Reports users and groups, their associated security credentials and privileges, to synchronize data with third party directory services, and to store other metadata specific to Oracle Forms and Reports.
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Oracle HTTP Server and its modules are provided for running Oracle Forms and Reports applications only.
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WebLogic Server Basic is provided for running Oracle Forms and Reports applications only.
1.18 Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software
The Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software is the unique set of software components, tools, and documentation required to make the Exalogic Elastic Cloud Hardware functional and usable as a platform for Oracle's Fusion Middleware and business applications.
The Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software license also grants the right to use all supported features of the software and firmware installed on the Exalogic Elastic Cloud Hardware by Oracle at the time of manufacture. No Oracle software product may be run on a processor that is licensed for, and running, the Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software using a "Standard Edition" license.
There are no supported means of operating the Exalogic Elastic Cloud Hardware that does not require use of the Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software, nor are there any supported approaches to "hard partitioning" that would allow customers to avoid licensing all of the physical processors for a given Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2 Hardware compute node (server) that is powered on.
The principal components of the Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software are as follows:
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Exalogic Base Image: a collection of device drivers, device firmware, software libraries and configuration files that allow other software products to make use of the Exalogic Elastic Cloud Hardware and ensure the optimal performance and reliability of the system. Portions of this software extend the Oracle Linux and Oracle Solaris bootable operating system images that are required to operate the Exalogic Elastic Cloud hardware.
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Exalogic System Utilities: A collection of utilities that are used to configure and validate the configuration, physical state, firmware and software of the Exalogic system.
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Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software option for WebLogic Suite: This is a set of features implemented within WebLogic Suite that are technically dependant on the underlying Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software. For detailed information, please see the WebLogic Suite Options licensing information.
Footnote Legend
Footnote 1: Cluster member configured as a Cache Client is a storage-disabled cluster member; that is, one with thelocal-storage attribute for all partitioned cache services set to false.Footnote 2: Cluster member configured as a Cache Server is a storage-enabled cluster member; that is, one with the
local-storage attribute for all or some of the partitioned cache services set to true.