Re: PeopleSoft ERP DEV/TEST environment on VMWare Virtual Machine

Thanks Jared and David! License is not a problem to us. It's good to know that this is doable.

On 8/4/07, David Kurtz <info_at_go-faster.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I have seen it done, but it is not common. Possibly because Linux is not
> particularly common in the PeopleSoft world. I have seen a number of people
> using AIX virtualisation recently, but you would have to have a separate
> LPAR for the whole of each PeopleSoft development environment (dev, test,
> uat, training etc).
>
> It has the advantage that you can copy a VM/LPAR to preserve a version of
> the database (which contains most of the source code for the PeopleSoft
> application) and the PeopleTools directories on the filesystem (which hold
> the binaries, SQR and Cobol programs) from before you applied an upgrade or
> a patch. This is particularly useful for a PeopleTools rather than an
> Application patch.
>
> However, I agree with Jared. You do need to consider your Oracle
> licencing - and you do need a licence for a development database.
>
>
> regards
> _________________________
> David Kurtz
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>
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *Jared Still
> *Sent:* Friday, August 03, 2007 11:37 PM
> *To:* litanli_at_gmail.com
> *Cc:* oracle-l
> *Subject:* Re: PeopleSoft ERP DEV/TEST environment on VMWare Virtual
> Machine
> *Importance:* High
>
>
> On 8/3/07, Li Li <litanli_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, all,
> >
> > I wonder if anybody on this list has PeopleSoft ERP DEV/TEST environment
> > (including database, app/web server, process scheduler, etc) running on
> > Virtual Machine? Is there anything that needs to be concerned? Any
> > comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > -Li
> >
>
> One thing you need to consider about Oracle licenses:
>
> If you are licensed by CPU, then Oracle will consider that all of the
> CPU's on the
> VM server are used by Oracle.
>
> Even if assign 1 cpu from a 16 cpu box, Oracle requires a license for 16
> CPU's.
>
> This topic was discussed here just last week I think, so you may want to
> search the archives.
>
> --
> Jared Still
> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
>
>

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