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How many processors &nbsp;of how many cores you have in the physical machine.<br />
Is the 4-cpu licencing enforced or just guilt-planted?
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How many processors  of how many cores you have in the physical machine.
Is the 4-cpu licencing enforced or just guilt-planted?

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Total of 16 cores on the physical machine. <br />
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Licencing is not enforced but we need to ensure we are compliant.
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Total of 16 cores on the physical machine.

Licencing is not enforced but we need to ensure we are compliant.

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Sorry: HOW MANY PROCESSORS? 2? You are compliant. Use all 16 cores.
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Sorry: HOW MANY PROCESSORS? 2? You are compliant. Use all 16 cores.

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Oracle licensing is per core. One licence = 2 physical cores = 4 v cores.
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Oracle licensing is per core. One licence = 2 physical cores = 4 v cores.

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I asked moderators to re-shuffle TA's, so that you reach experts that are much more knolegeable in Oracle virtualisation licensing.
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I asked moderators to re-shuffle TA's, so that you reach experts that are much more knolegeable in Oracle virtualisation licensing.

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@paul williams:<br />

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Oracle licensing is per core
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Not in general! Differences: SE/SE1 vs EE (core vs socket) -&gt; do NOT mix them !!<br />
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The ONLY way to be 100% sure is to contact Oracle sales or your account team.
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Yes, but I'd prefer an Oracle License Manager (not just a pure salesman)...
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@paul williams:


> Oracle licensing is per core

Not in general! Differences: SE/SE1 vs EE (core vs socket) -> do NOT mix them !!



> The ONLY way to be 100% sure is to contact Oracle sales or your account team.

Yes, but I'd prefer an Oracle License Manager (not just a pure salesman)...

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Got a few VM machines. Currently showing as max processors 8 processors 2.<br />
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What I need to do for licencing purposes is ensure the guest can only use 4 processors. How do I do that?<br />
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If so, can it be done whilst server is up?
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Got a few VM machines. Currently showing as max processors 8 processors 2.

 
What I need to do for licencing purposes is ensure the guest can only use 4 processors. How do I do that?

If so, can it be done whilst server is up?

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