Oracle License Audit - Pay or don't pay?
Fredrik Filipsson - Oracle License Expert
Oracle License Expert | Advisory Services | Cost Optimization | Java Audit Defense and Negotiation Expert
This might be controversial, but Oracle does not treat all its customers equal when a Oracle license audit is resolved commercially.
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I used to be the lead the Oracle licensing consultant part of a global license optimisation team at Insight. Our team provided services such as Oracle license compliance, audit defence, ULA renewals and exits, support reductions and contract negotiation. I have as a consultant supported over 100 companies around the world with a focus on EMEA and US markets. Usually i help clients reduce their Oracle audit fees by 90-100%.
After leaving Insight, I spent a year working for another Oracle licensing services provider. Now I serve our clients while working at Redress Compliance, the worlds leading licensing firm.
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5 年Great article - I used Green Rain from Fedr8 to show me what technical dependencies and licenses any code base has. Can't trust the documentation! (What documentation?!) :)?https://www.fedr8.com/greenrain
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5 年regarding the historical usage, it could be tricky. most of the time, customers use dump of database (prod to dev test etc..) and you could find on the dba features statistics table some usage due to the primary database.? for the rest, it s always hard to estimate on what Oracle will close its eyes or not . for instance, if you have 200 proc non compliant because of VMware and datapump used 3 times, Oracle will probably never mention the Adv Comp licenses. but if you only have those 3 usage of Datapump, this will be the main topic of the audit
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5 年Yes interesting indeed. Again this is subject to your negotiation and preparation. I always recommend to have a three year vision for Oracle including replacement and exit strategy.
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5 年On the historical usage item, I strongly advocate for term license and a remediation plan to correct underlying issue or flags. Worse case you can demonstrate to oracle you will perform the technical solutions and only pay for active usage. In fact many “historic” usages could have been triggered by patching, support calls, or a pleathers of non-explicit actions. Additionally, build governance into the process. Build a blank DB, remove options/pack you won’t use and in cases where that isn’t technically possible look for method to disable the underlying features. For instance it is true you cannot remove tuning/diagnostic but you sure can disable AWR, SQL Tuning Advisor, etc. The RMAN you dB Into that blank DB. Use it as a template and feel better about your self :)