RE: Standy database on standard edition

From: Patterson, Joel <jpatterson_at_entint.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:41:05 -0400
Message-ID: <C1117B1AA0340645894671E09A7891F71511DF6A27_at_EIHQEXVM2.ei.local>

That's for sure. I'm even surprised it helped. I thought they were covered by 'ignorance of the law is not excuse' defense -- putting you with the burden of keeping up with the changes.

What most people do is work via the sales agents to identify who will be working the final licensing arrangements and renewals.

I still think one of the best models, considering the penalties involved, is to have one licensing department, be it two people, that reach out to all parts of the business for help and confirmation and keeps up with license renewals to include, all software, operating systems, databases, Crystal Reports, you name it. At the end of the day, brings in the corporate lawyer at least once in a while.

I saw this work while working with the Civil Service as a an employee for a company contracting the IT services. The IT was in support of the Army. So the Civil Service took on the licensing role as described.

Got to tell you, management did not have to keep up with all the different renewal dates, nor depend on all the units to keep them up either -- especially as managers move around... licensing can get lost in the shuffle.

Joel Patterson
Database Administrator
904 928-2790

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From: Hans Forbrich [mailto:fuzzy.graybeard_at_gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 1:58 PM
To: Patterson, Joel
Cc: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: Standy database on standard edition

On 12/06/2013 10:42 AM, Patterson, Joel wrote:


> Thanks Hans, and your right.   As far as reading it on the internet... I suppose I did read the Oracle Data Guard Concepts and Administration manual on the internet... Is it available in hardback?  :)

>

"Honestly Yerhonner, I read it on the internet, so I thunked I was OK."

Oracle has been known to update their docs.  I have often recommended to my customers to take a soft (or preferably a hard) copy of any document they use in their license decision and keep it date-stamped and safe for exactly that reason.  That has been used successfully on at least one occasion.

/Hans

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