Oracle Database and WebLogic Server licensing in cloud environments

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  • Updated February 1, 2024
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    Summary of Oracle Database and WebLogic Server Licensing in Cloud Environments

    The Software Asset Management application assists in managing licensing for Oracle Database and WebLogic Server within cloud environments, supporting Bring Your Own License (BYOL) across hybrid infrastructures. This enables tracking of licenses for Oracle products both on-premise and in the public cloud.

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    Key Features

    • Licensing Metrics: Customers can choose between Named User Plus and Per Processor licensing models for Oracle products in the cloud. The Named User Plus covers all users and devices accessing the Oracle database or WebLogic server, while the Per Processor licenses the virtual CPUs (vCPUs) utilized.
    • Cloud Platforms: Supported cloud platforms include Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Oracle databases can be managed on AWS using Amazon EC2 or Amazon RDS, while WebLogic servers can only be managed via Amazon EC2. Azure also supports both Oracle databases and WebLogic servers.
    • Hyper-Threading Consideration: Licensing adjustments based on hyper-threading are specified. If hyper-threading is enabled, one Per Processor license is given for every two vCPUs; if not enabled, one license is given per vCPU.

    Key Outcomes

    By leveraging the Software Asset Management application, ServiceNow customers can effectively manage their Oracle Database and WebLogic Server licenses in cloud environments, ensuring compliance and optimizing license usage across both AWS and Azure platforms.

    The Software Asset Management application supports licensing rules for Oracle Database and WebLogic Server in cloud environments.

    Important:
    The Software Asset Management application supports Bring Your Own License (BYOL) for Oracle Database and WebLogic servers across hybrid infrastructures. With BYOL support, you can track licenses for your Oracle Database and WebLogic servers in both on-premise and public cloud environments. For more information about Oracle BYOL support, see Bring your own license to the public cloud.

    When you install or run an Oracle database or WebLogic server in the cloud, you can license it using either the Named User Plus or Per Processor license metric. The Named User Plus license metric licenses all users and physical devices that access an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic server. The Per Processor license metric licenses the virtual CPUs (vCPUs) on which you install or run an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic server.

    Note:
    The Oracle Processor Core Factor Table is not applicable in cloud environments.

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud computing platform on which you can install and run Oracle databases and WebLogic servers. You can manage your Oracle databases on AWS using either Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) or Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). However, you can manage your Oracle WebLogic servers using only Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). For more information on Amazon EC2, refer to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud documentation. For more information on Amazon RDS, refer to the Amazon Relational Database Service documentation.

    If you enable hyper-threading on your AWS virtual machine instance, the Software Asset Management application provides one Per Processor license for every two vCPUs on which you install or run an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic server. If you do not enable hyper-threading, the Software Asset Management application provides one Per Processor license for every vCPU on which you install or run an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic server.

    For more information on Oracle databases and WebLogic servers in AWS, see Oracle Database on the AWS Cloud: Quick Start Reference Deployment.

    Microsoft Azure

    Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform on which you can create and run Oracle databases and WebLogic servers.

    If you enable hyper-threading on your Microsoft Azure virtual machine instance, the Software Asset Management application provides one Per Processor license for every two vCPUs on which you install or run an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic server. If you do not enable hyper-threading, the Software Asset Management application provides one Per Processor license for every vCPU on which you install or run an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic server.

    For more information on Oracle databases and WebLogic servers in Microsoft Azure, see Accelerate your cloud adoption with Microsoft and Oracle.