Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 1.17
Virtualization Software
Ve n d o r
Product
Notes
vmware
ESxi
• When used with oracle Processor licenses, you must ensure
that you have enough processor licenses for every CPu on
the physical machine that are in the resource pool. For
instance, if you have 3 Physical Servers with a total
of 30 cores, then you would need to have a processor license
supporting 15 CPus (using the current CPu factor of .5).
This is regardless of how many virtual CPus your given
Essbase server may have allocated.
microsoft
hyper-v
• microsoft acquired the underlying technology in 2003 with
the purchase of Connectix's virtual PC.
• When used with oracle Processor licenses you must ensure
that you have enough processor licenses for every CPu on
the physical machine that is in the resource pool. For
instance, if you have 3 Physical Servers with a total of
30 cores, then you would need to have a processor license
supporting 15 CPus (using the current CPu factor of .5).
This is regardless of how many virtual CPus your given
Essbase server may have allocated.
IBm
AIx LPAr
• IBm's AIx has a hard partitioning they brand as LPAr
(Logical Partitions). LPArs may host IBm operating systems
other than AIx as well; however, AIx is the only operating
system on the IBm PoWEr platform the supports the
hyperion stack. LPArS are fully compatible with oracle
Processor Licensing.
hewlett Packard
hPux nPar and
vPar
• hP's hPux has a technology called nPar that is their hard
partitioning technology. The virtual partitioning technology
is called vPar. Both nPar and vPar are fully compatible with
oracle Processor licensing.
xen.org
xen
• An open source virtualization platform with contributions
to its code base from many industry heavyweights, such as
Amazon, IBm, Citrix, and oracle. to ensure full
compatibility with oracle Processor licensing, a
configuration setting to pin CPus to limit those for specific
virtual machines must be used.
oracle
oracle vm
Server for x86
• The x86 oracle vm Server is based on xen virtualization
platform. to ensure full compatibility with oracle Processor
licensing, a configuration setting to pin CPus to limit those
for specific virtual machines must be used.
oracle
Sun Dynamic
System Domain
• Dynamic System Domains are fully compatible with oracle
Processor licensing.
based on number of cores. When using Processor Licensing with virtualization, oracle
requires either a hard partitioning capable virtualization to be used or specifies the
physical number of cores in the hardware hosting the vms. This latter requirement
usually has architectural implications for systems using soft partitioning, e.g., vmware
and hyper-v.
