This chapter provides an overview of the licensing process for each hardware platform.
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Oracle Database Appliance provides capacity-on-demand licensing.
Capacity-on-demand (CoD) refers to an Oracle Database Appliance server that has a subset of its cores turned off so that the Oracle Database Enterprise Edition software license cost can be reduced. The reduction of cores can be turned off before or after the deployment. The number of active cores can be increased at a later time, when more capacity is needed. Oracle Database is licensed separately. Refer to Database Licensing Information User Manual for additional information.
When you add your hardware Support Identifier (SI) for Oracle Database Appliance to your My Oracle Support account, you establish a license for all the cores on your system. Oracle Database Appliance Models X7-2-HA, X6-2-HA, X5-2, X4-2, X3-2, and V1 can be deployed as a bare metal or virtualization platform. Both platform types offer capacity-on-demand licensing.
With bare-metal installations, you disable cores that you do not intend Oracle Database to use:
For Oracle Database Appliance X7-2S, X7-2M, X7-2-HA, X6-2S, X6-2M, and X6-2L: Issue the command odacli update-cpucore to set the low water mark and to increase the cores.
For Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA: Issue the command oakcli update-cpucore to set the low water mark and to increase the cores.
For Oracle Database Appliance X5-2, X4-2, X3-2, and V1: add your hardware Support Identifier (SI) for Oracle Database Appliance to your My Oracle Support account and create a key.
If you deploy Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform, then all the cores are enabled. However, capacity-on-demand licensing is established by assigning specific cores to the virtual machine where you run Oracle Database and related software (ODA_BASE).
Chapter two explains how to obtain a licensing key and record your initial license requirements with My Oracle Support. It also explains how to change the licensed core count, if necessary, later.
Chapter two is only appropriate for bare metal installations where your license covers the cores that you are using for Oracle Database.
Chapter three contains information about the third-party products that are included with Oracle Database Appliance.
See Also:
See the following for an example of setting the initial licensed core count on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform:
For X7-2-HA: Installing the Virtualized Platform Template and Deploying the Appliance in the Oracle Database Appliance X7-2 Deployment and User’s Guide.
For X6-2-HA: Installing the Virtualized Platform Template in the Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA Deployment and User’s Guide.
For X5-2, X4-2, X3-2, and V1: Deploying Virtualized Platform Oracle Database Appliance Software in Chapter 4 of the Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide.
Parent topic: Oracle Database Appliance Licensing Overview
Review this section for information about core license options for your Oracle Database Appliance hardware.
Oracle Database Appliance X7-2-HA has 2 servers, each with 2 CPUs of 18 cores each. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X7-2-HA, all 72 cores (36 cores in each server) are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
Oracle Database Appliance X7-2M contains 2 CPUs with 18 cores for a total of 36 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X7-2M, all 36 cores are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
Oracle Database Appliance X7-2S contains 1 CPU with 10 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X7-2S, all 10 cores are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA contains 2 CPU with 10 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA, all 40 cores (20 cores in each server) are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
Oracle Database Appliance X6-2M and X6-2L each contain 2 CPU with 10 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X6-2M or X6-2L, all 20 cores are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S contains 1 CPU with 10 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S, all 10 cores are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
Oracle Database Appliance X5-2 nodes each contain 2 CPUs and each CPU has 18 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X5-2, all 72 cores (36 cores in each server) are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
Oracle Database Appliance X4-2 nodes each contain 2 CPUs and each CPU has 12 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X4-2, all 48 cores (24 cores in each server) are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
Oracle Database Appliance X3-2 nodes each contain two CPUs and each CPU has eight cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X3-2, all 32 cores (16 cores in each server) are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
Oracle Database Appliance V1 nodes each contain two CPUs, and each CPU has six cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance, all 24 cores (12 cores in each server) are active with hyper-threading enabled by default.
Oracle Database Appliance bare metal licensing is determined by the number of enabled cores that you have on your system. The capacity-on-demand licensing feature enables you to change the enabled core count as your system resource needs change.
Initially set the number of licensed cores to the level currently required by your applications. Each server node has the same number of active cores. Later, increase the licensed core count as your applications require more capacity. Change the number of licensed cores by obtaining and applying a core key to configure your appliance, using the tables for your Oracle Database Appliance platform.
Oracle Database Appliance X7-2-HA Licensed Core Licensing Options
The table provides an example of how the licensed cores for each node of an Oracle Database Appliance X7-2-HA relate to active cores for Oracle RAC and Oracle Enterprise Edition and active cores for Oracle RAC One Node. The table stops at 20 licensed cores, extrapolate based on the example to determine the bare metal license options for cores 22 through 36.
Table 2-1 Example of Bare Metal License Options for Oracle Database Appliance X7-2-HA Systems
| Licensed Cores for Each Node (X7-2-HA Only) | Active Cores for Oracle RAC and Oracle Enterprise Edition (X7-2-HA Only) | Active Cores for Oracle RAC One Node (X7-2-HA Only) |
|---|---|---|
|
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
4 |
8 |
4 |
|
6 |
12 |
6 |
|
8 |
16 |
8 |
|
10 |
20 |
10 |
|
12 |
24 |
12 |
|
14 |
28 |
14 |
|
16 |
32 |
16 |
|
18 |
36 |
18 |
|
20 |
40 |
20 |
Oracle Database Appliance X7-2 Licensed Core Licensing Options
Table 2-2 Bare Metal License Options for all Oracle Database Appliance X7-2 Systems
| Licensed Cores for Single Node (X7-2S) | Licensed Cores for Single Node (X7-2M) |
|---|---|
|
2 |
2 |
|
4 |
4 |
|
6 |
6 |
|
8 |
8 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
Not applicable |
12 |
|
Not applicable |
14 |
|
Not applicable |
16 |
|
Not applicable |
18 |
|
Not applicable |
20 |
|
Not applicable |
22 |
|
Not applicable |
24 |
|
Not applicable |
26 |
|
Not applicable |
28 |
|
Not applicable |
30 |
|
Not applicable |
32 |
|
Not applicable |
34 |
|
Not applicable |
36 |
Oracle Database Appliance X6-2 Licensed Core Licensing Options
Table 2-3 Bare Metal License Options for all Oracle Database Appliance X6-2 Systems
| Licensed Cores for Each Node | Active Cores for Oracle RAC and Oracle Enterprise Edition (X7-2-HA Only) | Active Cores for Oracle RAC One Node |
|---|---|---|
|
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
4 |
8 |
4 |
|
6 |
12 |
6 |
|
8 |
16 |
8 |
|
10 |
20 |
10 |
|
12 |
24 |
12 |
|
14 |
28 |
14 |
|
16 |
32 |
16 |
|
18 |
36 |
18 |
|
20 |
40 |
20 |
Oracle Database Appliance X5-2 Licensed Core Licensing Options
Table 2-4 Bare Metal License Options for Oracle Database Appliance X5-2
| Licensed Cores for Each Node | Active Cores for Oracle RAC and Oracle Enterprise Edition | Active Cores for Oracle RAC One Node |
|---|---|---|
|
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
4 |
8 |
4 |
|
6 |
12 |
6 |
|
8 |
16 |
8 |
|
10 |
20 |
10 |
|
12 |
24 |
12 |
|
14 |
28 |
14 |
|
16 |
32 |
16 |
|
18 |
36 |
18 |
|
20 |
40 |
20 |
|
22 |
44 |
22 |
|
24 |
48 |
24 |
|
26 |
52 |
26 |
|
28 |
56 |
28 |
|
30 |
60 |
30 |
|
32 |
64 |
32 |
|
34 |
68 |
34 |
|
36 |
72 |
36 |
Oracle Database Appliance X4-2 Licensed Core Licensing Options
Table 2-5 Bare Metal License Options for Oracle Database Appliance X4-2
| Licensed Cores for Each Node | Active Cores for Oracle RAC and Oracle Enterprise Edition | Active Cores for Oracle RAC One Node |
|---|---|---|
|
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
4 |
8 |
4 |
|
6 |
12 |
6 |
|
8 |
16 |
8 |
|
10 |
20 |
10 |
|
12 |
24 |
12 |
|
14 |
28 |
14 |
|
16 |
32 |
16 |
|
18 |
36 |
18 |
|
20 |
40 |
20 |
|
22 |
44 |
22 |
|
24 |
48 |
24 |
Oracle Database Appliance X3-2 Licensed Core Licensing Options
The information presented in the following table applies when you are running Oracle Appliance Manager release 2.10 or later. Otherwise, you can only allocate each server with a granularity of 4 cores.
Table 2-6 Bare Metal License Options for Oracle Database Appliance X3-2
| Licensed Cores for Each Node | Active Cores for Oracle RAC and Oracle Enterprise Edition | Active Cores for Oracle RAC One Node |
|---|---|---|
|
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
4 |
8 |
4 |
|
6 |
12 |
6 |
|
8 |
16 |
8 |
|
10 |
20 |
10 |
|
12 |
24 |
12 |
|
14 |
28 |
14 |
|
16 |
32 |
16 |
Oracle Database Appliance V1 Licensed Core Licensing Options
Table 1-4 Bare Metal License Options for Oracle Database Appliance
Table 2-7 Bare Metal License Options for Oracle Database Appliance V1
| Licensed Cores for Each Node | Active Cores for Oracle RAC and Oracle Enterprise Edition | Active Cores for Oracle RAC One Node |
|---|---|---|
|
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
4 |
8 |
4 |
|
6 |
12 |
6 |
|
8 |
16 |
8 |
|
10 |
20 |
10 |
|
12 |
24 |
12 |
Note:
Find details about managing capacity-on-demand licensing for Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform in "How to Resize ODA_BASE" in Chapter 3 in the Oracle Database Appliance Administration and Reference Guide, Chapter 9 in the Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA Deployment and User’s Guide, or Chapter 12 in theOracle Database Appliance X7-2 Deployment and User’s Guide.
Parent topic: Oracle Database Appliance Licensing Overview