This chapter covers licensing for SOA products. It contains the following sections:
Oracle BPEL Process Manager Option is a tool for integrating applications.
A license for Oracle BPEL Process Manager Option includes the following Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware components:
Oracle BPEL Process Manager
Human Workflow
Event Delivery Network
Technology Adapters*
B2B*
Mediator*
*These components are included in Oracle BPEL Process Manager Option via the inclusion of Oracle Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition in Oracle WebLogic Suite. The Mediator is derived from Oracle Enterprise Service Bus (OESB), which was introduced in Oracle Fusion Middleware 10g Release 3 and was Oracle's primary Enterprise Service Bus on Oracle Containers for Java EE as well as on third-party Java EE platforms such as WebSphere. Users of Oracle SOA Suite 10g can migrate functionality from OESB to the Mediator component. Oracle Service Bus has become the Fusion Middleware strategic inter-application service bus going forward.
Restricted use: Any use of Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware components not listed above requires a full use license for Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware.
Prerequisite: A license for Oracle WebLogic Suite is a prerequisite to license Oracle BPEL Process Manager Option.
Prerequisite: A license for Oracle BPEL Process Manager Option requires a separate license for Oracle database. For details, see Section 2.3.3.3.1, "Full Use License of Oracle Database Standard Edition or Standard Edition One".
Restricted use: A license for Oracle BPEL Process Manager Option includes a restricted-use license for Enterprise Scheduler. Use of the Enterprise Scheduler feature of Oracle BPEL Process Manager Option is limited to scheduling Oracle BPEL Process Manager Option internal jobs and composite services.
Restricted use: A license for Oracle BPEL Process Manager Option includes a restricted-use license for Oracle Coherence Enterprise. Use of Oracle Coherence Enterprise is limited to clustering, portable object format, local caching, and support for internal Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) usage.
Restricted use: A license for Oracle BPEL Process Manager Option release 11g includes UDDI client libraries from the HP SOA Systinet Registry. Use of UDDI client libraries is restricted to connecting to and communicating with the Oracle Service Registry.
Oracle Service Bus is a lightweight SOA integration platform, or "enterprise service bus."
Oracle Service Bus is licensed as an option to Oracle WebLogic Suite and is also included in Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware and Oracle Mobile Suite. Customers running Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware on WebLogic Server Basic are not entitled to run Oracle Service Bus (see section Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware and Oracle BPEL Process Manager Option Licensing with Oracle Internet Application Server).
Prerequisite: A license for Oracle WebLogic Suite is a prerequisite to license Oracle Service Bus.
Restricted use: Oracle Service Bus includes the Enterprise Scheduler feature. Use of the Enterprise Scheduler feature is limited to scheduling Oracle Service Bus internal jobs and proxy services.
Restricted Use: A license for Oracle Service Bus includes a restricted use license for Oracle Web Services Manager. Use of Oracle Web Services Manager is restricted to policy enforcement in Oracle Service Bus. Authoring and management tooling is limited to capabilities delivered with Oracle Service Bus console screens. New policies may be authored with command line and scripting tools only. Any other use of Oracle Web Services Manager requires a full use license to Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware.
Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware is an application integration platform.
Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware is licensed as an option to Oracle WebLogic Suite and includes:
Oracle BPEL Process Manager
Oracle Service Bus
Mediator
The Mediator is derived from Oracle Enterprise Service Bus (OESB), which was introduced in Oracle Fusion Middleware 10g Release 3 and was Oracle's primary Enterprise Service Bus on Oracle Containers for Java EE as well as on third-party Java EE platforms such as WebSphere. Users of Oracle SOA Suite 10g can migrate functionality from OESB to the Mediator component. Oracle Service Bus has become the Fusion Middleware strategic inter-application service bus going forward.
Oracle Web Services Manager
Oracle Business Rules
Oracle Human Workflow
Oracle Event Processing
Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle Application Development Framework
Enterprise Scheduler
Oracle Business Activity Monitoring
Restricted use: Oracle Business Activity Monitoring includes a restricted-use license for Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition. Use of Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition is restricted to scenarios where Oracle Business Activity Monitoring is the source of and/or destination for the transformed data.
Oracle SOA Suite Adapters (see Chapter 5, "Oracle Fusion Middleware Adapters")
Oracle Entitlements Server Basic (see Appendix C, "Oracle Entitlements Server Basic")
Technology Adapters*
B2B*
*These components are included in Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware via the inclusion of Oracle Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition in Oracle WebLogic Suite.
Customers who are running Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware on WebLogic Server Basic, Section 3.5, "Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware and Oracle BPEL Process Manager Option Licensing with Oracle Internet Application Server," are licensed to run all components of SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware except Oracle Service Bus and Oracle Event Processing.
Prerequisite: A license for Oracle WebLogic Suite is a prerequisite to license Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware.
Prerequisite: Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware requires a separate license for Oracle database. For details, see Section 2.3.3.3.1, "Full Use License of Oracle Database Standard Edition or Standard Edition One"
Restricted use: A license for SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware includes a restricted-use license for Oracle Coherence Enterprise Edition. Use of Oracle Coherence Enterprise Edition is limited to clustering, portable object format, local caching, and support for internal SOA usage.
Restricted use: A license for Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware release 11g includes UDDI client libraries from the HP SOA Systinet Registry. Use of UDDI client libraries is restricted to connecting to and communicating with the Oracle Service Registry.
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.
Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite comprises the following components:
Oracle BPM Studio
Oracle BPM Studio is a set of extensions on top of Oracle JDeveloper providing Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) modeling and simulation, including business friendly modeling of supporting artifacts such as organization, business calendars, business catalog, and business objects. In particular, business process guides navigate end users through different activities they need to perform as part of a process, organizing them in milestones and aggregating status.
Oracle BPM Composer
Oracle BPM Composer is a web based modeling and customization tool for BPMN models and Business Rules.
Oracle BPMN Service Engine and Workflow Extensions
Oracle BPMN Service Engine provides the ability to execute BPMN models natively and integrates with Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control for administration and management. Workflow Extensions add more advanced capabilities to the base workflow capabilities in Oracle BPEL Process Manager and SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware. These extensions include approval management extensions, which are features targeted at sophisticated document-based and dynamic approval routing.
Oracle BPM Process Spaces
Oracle BPM Process Spaces include Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite- specific WebCenter Spaces Group Spaces, corresponding templates, and task flows.
Oracle BPM Process Analytics
Oracle BPM Process Analytics include the ability to define business indicators as part of process models and to capture these and other standard process metrics in an included STAR schema. It also provides seamless integration to Oracle Business Activity Monitoring.
Notes:
Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite includes a restricted license for Oracle WebPortal for use with Process Portal/Process Spaces only. Oracle WebPortal is a user interaction suite for building portals, composite applications, and Enterprise 2.0 social and collaborative applications with seamless combination of search, publishing, and knowledge management.
Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite includes a restricted license for Oracle WebCenter Content for use with Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite and Process Portal/Process Spaces only. For WebCenter Content usage, see the "WebCenter Content" bullet .
Oracle WebCenter Portal (restricted use: for use with Process Portal/Process Spaces only)
Oracle WebCenter Portal is a user interaction suite for building portals, composite applications, and Enterprise 2.0 social and collaborative applications with seamless combination of search, publishing, and knowledge management.
Oracle WebCenter Content (restricted use: for managing documents, Web Content -WCM- and Digital Assets -DAM-)
Oracle WebCenter Content can be used to store all content that is attached to BPM process instances, process models and other artifacts, as well as delivered as part of any WebCenter Portal Web site, application, or portal (see restricted usage of WebCenter Portal above). This includes base content management features, such as versioning and rendering different renditions of content, as well as indexing content in the repository for integration with search results within the site, portal, or application. This also includes full feature usage of the Web Content Management (WCM), Digital Asset Management (DAM), and other WebCenter Content components for content attached to BPM process instances, models, and other artifacts, as well as delivered via WebCenter Portal. All interactions can be done through BPM Suite interfaces, including Workspace, Process Composer, and JDev, the WebCenter Portal portal interface, a custom application, Desktop integrations, or the WebCenter Content user interface, including administration activities.
Prerequisite: A license for Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware is a prerequisite to license and use Oracle Unified Business Process Management Suite.
Customers that have a valid license for Oracle BPEL Process Manager Option and Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware on Oracle Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition have the right to use Oracle WebLogic Server Basic to run those products on Oracle WebLogic Server as part of their existing Oracle Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition license. This does not include the right to run Oracle Service Bus or Oracle Event Processing on WebLogic Server Basic. Oracle WebLogic Server Basic is described in Appendix A, "WebLogic Server Basic".
Oracle Coherence Grid Edition can be licensed as an option to WebLogic Suite. For more information, see Section 2.6.2, "Oracle Coherence Grid Edition."
The following Oracle Enterprise Manager products can be licensed for use with WebLogic Suite options:
This pack delivers comprehensive management and modeling capabilities for a SOA-based environment. By combining SOA run-time governance, business-IT alignment, model-driven metrics, and SOA infrastructure management with Oracle's rich and comprehensive system management solution, Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control significantly reduces the cost and complexity of managing SOA-based environments.
For complete license details about SOA Management Pack Enterprise Edition, 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.
This pack offers a complete, cost-effective, and easy-to-use solution for managing Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle WebLogic Server, and Oracle Application Server.
For licensing information, please refer to Section 2.19, "WebLogic Server Management Pack Enterprise Edition".