Oracle Licensing in Virtual Environments: Core Factor Rules Explained
Running Oracle on virtual machines? Be careful — virtualization and licensing don’t always play nicely together.
In this video, we break down how the Oracle Core Factor Table applies in virtualized environments, and why the type of partitioning technology you use could cost — or save — you millions.
What you’ll learn:
The difference between hard partitioning and soft partitioning
Which technologies qualify for sub-capacity licensing (Oracle VM, LDOMs, IBM LPARs)
Why VMware is treated as soft partitioning — and what that means for license exposure
How Oracle requires you to license entire physical servers or clusters
When and how to apply the core factor table in virtual environments
Example:
1 VM on a VMware host? Oracle may still require you to license every core in the cluster using the core factor table.
Redress Compliance helps organizations design virtualization strategies that balance performance, flexibility, and compliance — especially under Oracle’s strict rules.
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