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UserMinimumsUserMinimumsrefertotheminimumuserrequirementsidentifiedbytheLicenseDefinitionsdescribedbelow.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsaboutyourlicensegrantoraboutuserminimumrequirements,pleasecontactanOracleSalesRepresentative.

ForOracleDatabaseProducts

Youcaneitherlicenseby:

NamedUserPlusProcessor

UserMinimumswhenlicensingbyNamedUserPlus

Program NamedUserPlusMinimum

OracleDatabaseEnterpriseEdition

25NamedUsersPlusperProcessor

OracleDatabaseStandardEdition

5NamedUsersPlus*

OracleDatabaseEnterpriseEditionOptionsandEnterpriseManagers

EnterpriseEditionOptions&EnterpriseManagersmustmatchthenumberoflicensesoftheassociatedOracleDatabaseEnterpriseEdition.Inaddition,aminimumof25NamedUserPluslicensesperProcessormustbemet.AssociatedDatabaseisdefinedasthedatabase(s)whichis(are)beingmanagedbytheoption.

AllotherOracleDatabaseproducts

1NamedUserPlus

OracleStandardEditionOne

5NamedUsersPlus**

*OracleDatabaseStandardEditioncanonlybelicensedonserversthathaveamaximumcapacityof4sockets.IflicensingbyNamedUserPlus,theminimumis5NamedUserPluslicenses.Additionally,itmaybelicensedonasingleclusterofserverssupportinguptoamaximumoffoursockets.

**OracleStandardEditionOnemayonlybelicensedonserversthathaveamaximumcapacityof2

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sockets.IflicensingbyNamedUserPlus,theminimumis5NamedUserPluslicenses.

Note,forallOracleproducts,youarerequiredtoobtainlicensesbasedonyouractualsoftwareusageorOracleslicensingminimums,whicheverisgreater.FormoreinformationonOracleGlobalPricingandLicensing,pleaseclickhere.

ProductDependenciesYoucancontactanOracleSalesRepresentativetoensurethatyouhavesatisfiedallproductdependencyrequirements.

LicensingDefinitionsNote:Thisisanabbreviatedlistoflicensedefinitions,forthecompleteandlegalsetofdefinitions,pleaserefertotheappropriateAgreementforyourlicensing.

TermDesignations

Perpetual:Ifyourprogramlicensedoesnotspecifyaterm,itisperpetualandshallcontinueunlessterminatedasotherwiseprovidedintheAgreement.

1,2,3,4,5YearTerms:Aprogramlicensespecifyinga1,2,3,4or5YearTermshallcommenceontheeffectivedateoftheorderandshallcontinueforthespecifiedperiod.Attheendofthespecifiedperiodtheprogramlicenseshallterminate.

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Employee/EmployeeUser

FacultyUser

FTEStudent

HostedEnvironment

NamedUserPlus/NamedUser

NonEmployeeUserExternal

Processor

Server

Socket

System

TapeDrive

Transaction

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WirelessHandset

ApplicationUser:isdefinedasanindividualauthorizedbyyoutousetheapplicablelicensedapplicationprogramswhichareinstalledonasingleserveroronmultipleserversregardlessofwhethertheindividualisactivelyusingtheprogramsatanygiventime.IfyoulicensetheOracleSelfServiceWorkRequestoptioninconjunctionwithOracleEnterpriseAssetManagement,youarerequiredtomaintainlicensesfortheequivalentnumberofApplicationUserslicensedandyouaregrantedunlimitedaccesstoinitiateworkrequests,viewworkrequeststatusandviewscheduledcompletiondatesforyourentireemployeepopulation.ApplicationUserslicensedforOracleOrderManagementareallowedtomanuallyenterordersdirectlyintotheprogramsbutanyordersenteredelectronicallyfromothersourcesmustbelicensedseparately.ForOracleSourcing,OracleiSupplierPortal,OracleServicesProcurement,PeopleSofteSupplierConnection,PeopleSoftStrategicSourcingandJDEdwardsSupplierSelfServiceprograms,usebyyourexternalsuppliersisincludedwithyourapplicationuserlicenses.

CollaborationProgramUser:isdefinedasanindividualauthorizedbyyoutousetheprogramswhichareinstalledonasingleserveroronmultipleserversregardlessofwhethertheindividualisactivelyusingtheprogramsatanygiventime.ForthepurposesofcountingandlicensingthenumberofBeehiveSynchronousCollaborationusers,aCollaborationProgramUserwithinyourcompanyisdefinedasauserabletoinitiate,orhost,awebconferenceandalsoparticipateinawebconferenceallparticipantsinthewebconferenceexternaltoyourcompanyandattendingawebconferencearenotrequiredtobelicensed.

Employee:isdefinedasallofyourfulltime,parttime,temporaryemployeesandallofyouragents,contractorsandconsultants.ThequantityofthelicensesrequiredisdeterminedbythenumberofEmployeesandnottheactualnumberofusers.Inaddition,ifyouelecttooutsourceanybusinessfunction(s)toanothercompany,allofthecompany'sfulltime,parttime,temporaryemployeesandagents,contractorsandconsultantsthatareprovidingtheoutsourcingservicesforyoumustbecountedforthepurposesofdeterminingthenumberofEmployees.

EmployeeUser:isdefinedasanindividualauthorizedbyyoutousetheprogramswhichareinstalledonasingleserverormultipleservers,regardlessofwhetherornottheindividualisactivelyusingtheprogramsatanygiventime.

FacultyUser:isdefinedasanactiveteachingmemberofthefacultyforanaccreditedacademicinstitutionsuchusermayonlyusetheprogramsforacademicandnoncommercialuse.

FullTimeEquivalent(FTE)Student:isdefinedasanyfulltimestudentenrolledinyourinstitutionandanyparttimestudentenrolledinyourinstitutioncountsas25%ofanFTEStudent.Thedefinitionof"fulltime"and"parttime"isbasedonyourpoliciesforstudentclassification.IfthenumberofFTEStudentsisafraction,thatnumberwillberoundedtothenearestwholenumberforpurposesoflicensequantity

requirements.

HostedEnvironment:isthecombinationofsystemsandsupportingresourcesthatis(i)configuredfortheOracleProgramsoperatingonitandforspecificusesaspartoftheOraclePublicCloudServices,and(ii)usedbyOracletoperformOraclePublicCloudServices.TheHostedEnvironmentconsistsoftheProductionEnvironment,andanynonProductionEnvironment(s),asreferencedintheapplicableOrderingDocumentandApplicableEntitlementSchedules.

NamedUserPlusandNamedUser:isdefinedasanindividualauthorizedbyyoutousetheprogramswhichareinstalledonasingleserverormultipleservers,regardlessofwhethertheindividualisactivelyusingtheprogramsatanygiventime.AlloftheremainingprovisionsofthisdefinitionapplyonlywithrespecttoNamedUserPluslicenses,andnottoNamedUserlicenses.Anonhumanoperateddevicewillbecountedasanameduserplusinadditiontoallindividualsauthorizedtousetheprograms,ifsuchdevicescanaccesstheprograms.Ifmultiplexinghardwareorsoftware(e.g.,aTPmonitororawebserverproduct)isused,thisnumbermustbemeasuredatthemultiplexingfrontend.Automatedbatchingofdatafromcomputertocomputerispermitted.Youareresponsibleforensuringthatthenameduserplusperprocessorminimumsaremaintainedfortheprogramscontainedintheuserminimumtableinthelicensingrulessectiontheminimumstableprovidesfortheminimumnumberofnamedusersplusrequiredandallactualusersmustbelicensed.

Forthepurposesofthefollowingprograms:ConfigurationManagementPackforApplications,SystemMonitoringPluginforHosts,SystemMonitoringPluginforNonOracleDatabases,SystemMonitoringPluginforNonOracleMiddleware,DiagnosticsPackforNonOracleMiddleware,ManagementPackforWebCenterSuite,ManagementPackforIBMWebspherePortalandProvisioningPack,onlytheusersoftheprogramthatisbeingmanaged/monitoredarecountedforthepurposeofdeterminingthenumberofNamedUserPluslicensesrequired.

Forthepurposesofthefollowingprograms:ApplicationManagementPackforOracleEBusinessSuite,ApplicationChangeManagementPackforOracleEBusinessSuite,ApplicationManagementPackforSiebel,andApplicationManagementPackforPeopleSoftEnterprise,allusersofthemiddlewareand/ordatabasesoftwarethatsupporttherespectiveapplicationprogramarecountedforthepurposeofdeterminingthenumberofNamedUserPluslicensesrequired.

Withrespecttothefollowingprograms:LoadTestingforWebApplications,LoadTestingforWebApplicationsDeveloperEdition,LoadTestingAcceleratorforWebServices,andLoadTestingAcceleratorforSiebel,eachemulatedhumanuserandnonhumanoperateddeviceshallbeconsideredasavirtualuserandshallbecountedwhendeterminingthenumberofNamedUserPluslicensesrequired.

Forthepurposesofthefollowingprograms:OracleGoldenGate,andOracleGoldenGateforMainframe,

only(a)theusersofthedatabasefromwhichyoucapturedataand(a)theusersofthedatabasewhereyouwillapplythedatamustbecountedforthepurposeofdeterminingthenumberoflicensesrequired.

NonEmployeeUserExternal:isdefinedasanindividual,whoisnotyouremployee,contractororoutsourcer,authorizedbyyoutousetheprogramswhichareinstalledonasingleserverormultipleservers,regardlessofwhetherornottheindividualisactivelyusingtheprogramsatanygiventime.

Processor:shallbedefinedasallprocessorswheretheOracleprogramsareinstalledand/orrunning.Programslicensedonaprocessorbasismaybeaccessedbyyourinternalusers(includingagentsandcontractors)andbyyourthirdpartyusers.ThenumberofrequiredlicensesshallbedeterminedbymultiplyingthetotalnumberofcoresoftheprocessorbyacoreprocessorlicensingfactorspecifiedontheOracleProcessorCoreFactorTable.ScrolldowntolocateOracleProcessorCoreFactorTableinPDFformat.Allcoresonallmulticorechipsforeachlicensedprogramaretobeaggregatedbeforemultiplyingbytheappropriatecoreprocessorlicensingfactorandallfractionsofanumberaretoberoundeduptothenextwholenumber.WhenlicensingOracleprogramswithStandardEditionOneorStandardEditionintheproductname,aprocessoriscountedequivalenttoanoccupiedsockethowever,inthecaseofmultichipmodules,eachchipinthemultichipmoduleiscountedasoneoccupiedsocket.

Forexample,amulticorechipbasedserverwithanOracleProcessorCoreFactorof0.25installedand/orrunningtheprogram(otherthanStandardEditionOneprogramsorStandardEditionprograms)on6coreswouldrequire2processorlicenses(6multipliedbyacoreprocessorlicensingfactorof.25equals1.50,whichisthenroundeduptothenextwholenumber,whichis2).Asanotherexample,amulticoreserverforahardwareplatformnotspecifiedintheOracleProcessorCoreFactorTableinstalledand/orrunningtheprogramon10coreswouldrequire10processorlicenses(10multipliedbyacoreprocessorlicensingfactorof1.0forAllothermulticorechipsequals10).

Forthepurposesofthefollowingprogram:HealthcareTransactionBase,onlytheprocessorsonwhichInternetApplicationServerEnterpriseEditionandHealthcareTransactionBaseprogramsareinstalledand/orrunningmustbecountedforthepurposeofdeterminingthenumberoflicensesrequired.

Forthepurposesofthefollowingprograms:iSupport,iStoreandConfigurator,onlytheprocessorsonwhichInternetApplicationServer(StandardEditionand/orEnterpriseEdition)andthelicensedprogram(e.g.,iSupport,iStoreand/orConfigurator)arerunningmustbecountedforthepurposeofdeterminingthenumberoflicensesrequiredforthelicensedprogramundertheselicensesyoumayalsoinstalland/orrunthelicensedprogramontheprocessorswherealicensedOracleDatabase(StandardEditionand/orEnterpriseEdition)isinstalledand/orrunning.

Forthepurposesofthefollowingprograms:ConfigurationManagementPackforApplications,SystemMonitoringPluginforHosts,SystemMonitoringPluginforNonOracleDatabases,System

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MonitoringPluginforNonOracleMiddleware,DiagnosticsPackforNonOracleMiddleware,ManagementPackforWebCenterSuite,ManagementPackforIBMWebspherePortalandProvisioningPack,onlytheprocessorsonwhichtheprogramthatisbeingmanaged/monitoredarerunningmustbecountedforthepurposeofdeterminingthenumberoflicensesrequired.

Forthepurposesofthefollowingprograms:ApplicationManagementPackforOracleEBusinessSuite,ApplicationChangeManagementPackforOracleEBusinessSuite,ApplicationManagementPackforSiebel,andApplicationManagementPackforPeopleSoft,allprocessorsonwhichthemiddlewareand/ordatabasesoftwarethatsupporttherespectiveapplicationprogramarerunningmustbecountedforthepurposeofdeterminingthenumberoflicensesrequired.

Forthepurposesofthefollowingprograms:DataIntegratorEnterpriseEdition,DataIntegratorandApplicationAdapterforDataIntegration,InformaticaPowerCenterandPowerConnectAdapters,ApplicationAdaptersforDataIntegration,andApplicationAdapterforWarehouseBuilderfor:PeopleSoft,OracleEBusinessSuite,Siebel,andSAP,onlytheprocessor(s)onwhichthetargetdatabaseisrunningmustbecountedforthepurposeofdeterminingthenumberoflicensesrequired.

Forthepurposesofthefollowingprogram:AuditVaultCollectionAgent,onlytheprocessorsofthedatabasesourcesfromwhichauditdataiscollectedmustbecountedforthepurposeofdeterminingthenumberoflicensesrequired.

Forthepurposesofthefollowingprogram:InMemoryDatabaseCache,onlytheprocessorsonwhichtheTimesTenInMemoryDatabasecomponentoftheInMemoryDatabaseCacheprogramisinstalledand/orrunningmustbecountedforthepurposeofdeterminingthenumberoflicensesrequired.

Forthepurposesofthefollowingprograms:OracleGoldenGate,andOracleGoldenGateforMainframe,only(a)theprocessorsrunningthedatabasefromwhichyoucapturedataand(b)theprocessorsrunningthedatabasewhereyouwillapplythedatamustbecountedforthepurposeofdeterminingthenumberoflicensesrequired.

ProcessorCalculations

Thetotalnumberofprocessors(seeabovefordefinitionofaprocessor)needediscalculatedbyaddingthenumberofprocessorsineachcomputerwheretheprogramsareinstalledand/orrunning.

Example1:YouarelicensingtheOracleDatabaseEnterpriseEditionfor1computerwhichhas2processors.Howmanyprocessorsdoyouneed?

(1computerx2processors)=2processorsforeachprogramthatyoulicenseforthiscomputer.

Example2:YouarelicensingOracleDatabaseEnterpriseEditionforyourentireenvironment4

computerseachwith1processorand1computerwith8processors.Howmanyprocessorsdoyouneed?

4computersx1processor=4processors1computerx8processors=8processorsTotal:12processors

Server:isdefinedasthecomputeronwhichtheprogramsareinstalled.AServerlicenseallowsyoutousethelicensedprogramonasinglespecifiedcomputer.

Socket:isdefinedasaslotthathousesachip(oramultichipmodule),whichcontainsacollectionofoneormorecores.Regardlessofthenumberofcores,eachchip(ormultichipmodule)countsasasinglesocket.AlloccupiedsocketsonwhichtheOracleprogramsisinstalledand/orrunningmustbelicensed.

System:isdefinedasthecomputeronwhichtheEnterpriseLinuxprogramsareinstalled.

Supportedsystemisdefinedas(i)asystemtowhichyouintendtoapplyorhaveappliedservicesreceivedaspartoftheEnterpriseLinuxsupportserviceatthespecifiedservicelevelinyourorderincludingupdates,patches,fixes,securityalerts,workarounds,configuration,installationassistanceor(ii)asystemtowhichyouintendtosubmitorhavesubmittedinformationtoOracleseekingserviceattheservicelevelspecifiedinyourorder.

TapeDrive:isdefinedasmechanicaldevicesusedtosequentiallywrite,readandrestoredatafrommagnetictapemedia.Typicallyused,butnotlimitedto,dataprotectionandarchivalpurposes,tapedrivesaredeployedeitherasastandaloneunit(s)orhousedwithinarobotictapelibrary.Examplesoftapedriveincludebutarenotlimitedto,LinearTapeOpen(LTO),DigitalLinearTape(DLT),AdvancedIntelligentType(AIT),QuarterInchCartridge(QIC),DigitalAudioTape(DAT),and8mmHelicalScan.Forcloudbasedbackups,OraclecountseachparallelstreamorRecoveryManager(RMAN)channelasequivalenttoatapedrive.

Transaction:isdefinedaseachsetofinteractionsthatisinitiatedbyanapplicationuserrecordedbyOracleEnterpriseManagertocaptureavailabilityandperformancemetricsusedincalculatingservicelevels.Forexample,thefollowingsetofinteractionswouldrepresentonetransaction:login,searchcustomer,logout.

WirelessHandset:isdefinedasamobilecommunicationsdevicesuchasamobiletelephone,PDA,orpagingdevice,thathasasprimaryfunctionswirelessvoicecommunicationsanddataservicesprovidedthroughaserviceprovider.

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