The following is what I received from RS... License Types Rocket U2 offers several types of disaster recovery licenses as described in this document: Backup (Cold, Warm, Standby, and Hot). Primary licenses and Hot Backup licenses are interchangeable. License types cannot be changed after initial licensing.
Cold A copy of the Program may be stored for backup purposes on a machine as long as the Program has not been started. There is no additional charge for this copy. Warm A copy of the Program may reside for backup purposes on a machine. It may be started, but is "idling", and is not doing any work of any kind. There is no additional charge for this copy. Standby A copy of the Program may reside for backup purposes on a machine. It may be started but may not be doing work. A Standby license provides for rapid failover and can mirror data, update files, and synchronize programs, data or other resources as well as periodic failover testing. It cannot be used for production, development, solution testing, program maintenance, reporting or other operational uses. A Standby license is currently available at a 75% off the SRP (except U2.NET which has a different pricing structure) and must mirror the primary license in number of users, features, and maintenance status. A Standby license cannot be converted, consolidated or distributed to a non-Standby license. Applicable ISV contract discounts apply. Hot A copy of the Program may reside for backup purposes on a machine. It may be started, and is doing work. However, this Program must be ordered, and there is a charge for this copy. "Doing work", includes, for example, production, development, program maintenance, and testing. It also could include other activities such as mirroring of transactions, updating of files, synchronization of programs, data or other resources (for example, active linking with another machine, program, database or other resource, and so on), or any activity or configurations that would allow an active hot switch or other synchronized switch over between programs, databases, or other resources to occur. In the case of a program or system configuration that is designed to support a high availability environment by using various techniques (e.g. duplexing, mirroring of files or transactions, maintaining a "heartbeat", active linking with another machine, program, data base or other resource, etc.), the program is considered to be doing work in both the "hot" and "standby" situations and a use authorization is required and a charge applies. A scheduled hardware outage, such as preventive maintenance or installation of upgrades, is not considered a backup situation. However, the same guidelines apply. In addition, the outage should not be scheduled during peak (e.g. end-of-month) processing times if the program has a capacity-based charging metric and the secondary machine has more capacity than the primary machine. A Hot backup license is equivalent to a production license. _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
