Re: Total Recall License - but out of compliance - what?
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 12:27:26 -0500
Message-ID: <CAP79kiRFkU1wobBJrefy0U+A7UFVdwtfKx85aj_wMF57ztsDxQ_at_mail.gmail.com>
Now I'm confused. We got dinged on this for an 11.2 database in the Advanced Compression checks:
- Checking for "Flashback Data Archive (Total Recall)" feature usage FLASHBACK_ARCHIVE_NAME TABLESPACE_NAME QUOTA_IN_MB RETENTION_IN_DAYS CREATE_TIME LAST_PURGE_TIME STATUS ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------ ----------------- --------------------- --------------------- -------- ORION_FL_ARCHIVE ORION_FLASHBACK_ARCHIVE 90 2014-11-05_12:24:27 1 row selected. no rows selected *If any rows are returned then ADVANCED COMPRESSION OPTION is in use *
On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Seth Miller <sethmiller.sm_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris,
>
> Total Recall is not part of Advanced Compression. The Total Recall feature
> consisted in part of Flashback Data Archive (FDA). In Database 12c, Total
> Recall is now called "Temporal" which includes "Temporal History" and
> "Temporal Validity" and is an included feature. 12c continues to feature
> FDA to support a number of the flashback technologies including a number of
> new features.
>
> In 11g, the FDA's were "optimized" -- compressed with advanced compression
> and deduplicated with SecureFiles. In 12c, this optimization is optional
> and has to be explicitly defined. You also have the option of how much and
> what kind of optimization (advanced row compression, advanced LOB
> compression and ADO) you want to use per FDA. In order to use these, you
> need to be licensed for advanced compression.
>
> Seth Miller
>
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Hans Forbrich <fuzzy.graybeard_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> You will need to discuss this with your purchasing department, who
>> should have the original contract, and with Oracle, who need to provide the
>> information about the exact date and terms under which the options were
>> merged.
>>
>> In the past, Oracle would usually document the merge of options, would
>> generally provide a 'restricted use' license of the surviving option, and
>> would document which capabilities in the new license are included (and
>> sometime which are NOT to be used) in the restricted use license.
>>
>> However, please verify that you are using only the original Total Recall
>> and not the compressed version. The original became free. I'm not sure
>> the compressed actually existed before being folded into Adv. Compression,
>> but I have no proof either way.
>>
>> /Hans
>>
>>
>> On 09/04/2015 6:37 AM, Chris Taylor wrote:
>>
>> Guys,
>>
>> I know this touches on a licensing discussion but my questions are a
>> little different.
>>
>> We have 2 Total Recall Licenses:
>> 1 - 8 Proc Full Use - expires 10/12/2015
>> 1 - 200 Named User Plus full use - expires 10/12/2015
>>
>> However, Total Recall "went away" at some point and was rolled into
>> Advanced Compression.
>>
>> Question #1:
>> Does anyone know when Total Recall was no longer an option *outside *of
>> Advanced Compression?
>>
>> Second part - we are getting dinged by Oracle for not having Advanced
>> Compression licensed because we were using flashback data logs (Total
>> Recall).
>>
>> Question #2:
>> Anyone have any input on how we can have a support agreement for Total
>> Recall (part of Advanced Compression) and not have Advanced Compression -
>> thereby getting dinged on the audit for non-compliance?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chris Taylor
>>
>>
>>
>
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