I remember having the same *discussion* with Oracle years back. My argument was that I was allocating the correct number of CPU's that we were licensed for so they could go and get stuffed. They actually eventually backed off on it.
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Mike Leone <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/14/2011 11:53 AM, Cameron wrote: > >> +1 on the snapshot! It's saved my @$$ on a number of occasions! >> I'm curious though...how is running as a VM any different license wise >> from running on a physical server? >> > > Some vendors charge licensing based on the physical host that an app is > running on. So a VM running on any of a half dozen 4 CPU, 8 core ESX hosts > in a cluster is quite different from running on a dual or quad core single > CPU single physical box. > > (and no, we can't easily migrate off to some other app or vendor with more > sane licensing. :-) ) > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.**com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> > **> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.** > com/read/my_forums/ <http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/> > or send an email to > listmanager@lyris.**sunbeltsoftware.com<[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
