Thanks Brian, I appreciate your help!
Kind regards,
Ana
Brian Peasland wrote:
> Ana Ribeiro wrote:
> > Thanks for your answers, but our managers are currently not considering
> > the option of paying extra costs to buy this license.
> >
> > Can I use OEM without accessing the objects that I am not allowed to
> > use (AWR, etc)? I would like to use OEM just as an interface for
> > administration of schema objects, storage, init parameters, ... I have
> > also searched in google for this topic and found:
>
> You can certainly use EM without using the extra-cost features. Looking
> at init parameters or or schema objects will not cause you to use the
> extra-cost features.
>
> > "There is nothing stopping anyone from accessing the views and
> > functions. ... In reality, you may be using them without knowing it.
> > The underlying objects, programs and views are created by default in
> > 10g. If you access any of the following views:
> > - The V$ACTIVE_SESSION_HISTORY dynamic performance view
> > - All data dictionary views beginning with the prefix DBA_HIST_* along
> > with their underlying tables.
> > and others, you are required to purchase the optional EM packs."
> >
> > And this is exactly my concern: Can I use OEM and disable objects that
> > I am not allowed to be using? Or should I stop using OEM???
> > Thanks for the help,
> > Ana
> >
>
> I do not know of any way to disable these features in EM. And as the
> quote above says, nothing is stopping you and you may cross that line.
>
> Personally, I don't like this approach from Oracle Corp. This is similar
> to my car manufacture putting a Turbo charger on my engine, but telling
> me that I did not pay for that option, so don't use it. Then they come
> back a year later and pull a report from my engine which shows them that
> I used the Turbo twice in the last year (I attempted to pass that truck
> on the highway...I didn't mean to use the Turbo. It just came on
> automatically when I pressed the gas pedal). Then my car manufacturer
> wants me to pay up since I used that option.
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
>
>
>
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Received on Thu Sep 21 2006 - 03:36:54 CDT
