Review capacity-on-demand licensing for Oracle Database Appliance X4–2.
Oracle Database Appliance X4-2 consists of two servers. Each server has 24 CPU cores. By default, Oracle Database Appliance is shipped with all cores enabled on both servers:
24 CPU cores enabled on each of the two servers
48 enabled CPU cores
You can use the default CPU core count of 24 for each server, or you can change the CPU core count by following the procedure in "Setting the CPU Core Count on Oracle Database Appliance X4-2 Bare Metal Deployments." For example, if you change the CPU core count to 16 for each server, then your server is configured as follows:
16 CPU cores enabled on each of the two servers
32 enabled CPU cores
Rules and Restrictions for Setting CPU Core Count on Oracle Database Appliance X4-2 Bare Metal Deployments
Review the following rules and restrictions before changing the CPU core count: .
You can change the CPU core count to a value that is a multiple of two between 2 and 24 for each server.
If you change the CPU core count, then you can subsequently only increase the CPU core count.
For example, if you change the CPU core count to 16, then you can subsequently change the CPU core count to 18, 20, 22, or 24. If you later change the CPU core count to 22, then you can subsequently change the CPU core count to 24.
If your desired CPU core count is 24 for each server, then use the default configuration. Do not follow the procedure in "Setting the CPU Core Count on Oracle Database Appliance X4-2 Bare Metal Deployments" to set the CPU core count to 24. Using the default configuration enables you to change the CPU core count to a number that is less than 16.
Note:
If you mistakenly followed the procedure to set your CPU core count to 24, thereby preventing you from subsequently increasing your CPU core count, and the error is caught immediately, then contact Oracle Support.Parent topic: Capacity-On-Demand Licensing Information