3.6. Database License (Oracle SE One)¶
Database License (Oracle SE One) Service offers execution environment and license of Oracle (R) Database Standard Edition One (hereafter, “Oracle SE One”), using the Compute Resource that it manages.
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3.6.1. Available Features/Services¶
In this service, the following features/services are available, in addition to the basic services offered under Enterprise Cloud Service.
| Features/Services | Description |
| Compute Resource Pool for Oracle Database Virtual Server and Public Catalog* | Provides Compute Resource Pools, and Public Catalogs that store Virtual Server Templates for Oracle SE One. |
| Oracle Database Software License | Offers an Oracle Database Standard Edition One License that is necessary for running Oracle SE One |
| Oracle Database Software Support | Provides product support, such as technical inquiry and correction patches regarding Oracle Database Software. If the customer wishes, it also allows searching/viewing of knowledge provided by My Oracle Support, as well as download of correction patches. |
*When customer environment is housed in certain equipment in Kansai1 Data Center, it is not possible to use Oracle SE One.
1) Compute Resource for Oracle Database Virtual Servers, and Public Catalog
- Dedicated Compute Resource platform for Oracle SE One (hereafter, SE One Platform) is provided. Customers can create Compute Resource Pools specifically for Oracle SE One(hereafter, SE One Resource) on this SE One Platform.
- A Public Catalog that stores templates for creating Virtual Servers (hereafter, SE One Virtual Server) where Oracle Database Software can be installed, is provided.
- Customers can use Oracle Database by creating SE One Virtual Server on SE One Resource.
- Creating SE One Virtual Servers on a Compute Resource Pool other than SE One Resource will be regarded as license violation.
- SE One Platform is a single entity (there is only 1 Zone*1). You cannot set multiple Zones in SE One Resource.
*1 For details about Zone, please refer to “3.Compute (Global Standard Menu)”.
- SE One Resource can be created by selecting the SE One Resource from “Pool Management”-“Add Pool”-“Type” from Customer Portal.
| Type |
| Guaranteed Compute /Premium Storage/Zone A/Oracle SE ONE* |
* There is a case offered by “Standard Compute/Premium Storage/Zone A/Oracle SE ONE” by the basis environment.
- You can create multiple SE One Virtual Servers, for up to the number preset by the Enterprise Cloud Service specifications.
- Oracle Database installed on SE One Virtual Server includes the latest Patch Set Release (PSR) at the time of the offering of major version that the customer specified. Note that Patch Set Update (PSU) or Critical Patch Update (CPU) may be applied to fix bugs.
- Oracle Database package is already installed at the start of the service. Customers need to access SE One Virtual Server, and create database using Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) and Create Database command.
- Resources that can be assigned to SE One Virtual Server is preset in Enterprise Cloud Service. Note an upper limit may apply, depending on the facility that stores the SE One Platform.
2) Oracle Database Software license
- SE One Resource is already applied with an Oracle Database Software license (Oracle Database Standard Edition One) that NTT Communications obtained from Oracle Corporation. You do not need to purchase additional Oracle Database Software Licenses.
3) Oracle Database Software Support
- NTT Communications provides product support with regard to Oracle Database Software, including response to technical inquiry and provision of correction patch, as long as it is within the scope of supporting Oracle Database Software that Oracle Corporation offers.
- To make technical inquiries or requests for correction patch, please use ticket on Customer Portal.
- Installation of correction patch is not included in this service.
- When downloading and providing a correction patch, NTT Communications may use the customer’s SE One Virtual Server account to upload the correction patch.
- When downloading and providing a correction patch, NTT Communications may use the customer’s SE One Virtual Server account to upload the correction patch.
- Customers can obtain Support ID that allows them to search/view knowledge, and download correction patches at My Oracle Support by themselves. To make a request for Support ID, use Ticket at Customer Portal.
- You cannot make Service Request (SR) at My Oracle Support. Please use Ticket at Customer Portal when you want to inquire about technical issues.
3.6.2. Service Details, and Notes about Use/Design¶
The followings are details about this service, and things that need to be considered when creating a system design using the service.
1) Components of the service
To use this service, you will need to apply for the services in the following table.
| Service name | Function summary |
| Compute Resource | Provides SE One Resource necessary for running SE One Virtual Servers.
|
| OS License | Provides The OS License and software of SE One Virtual Server
|
* There is a case offered by Standard Compute by the basis environment in Japan Data Center.
2) Oracle software settings
In addition to the parameters specified by the customer, there are following default/selectable settings in Oracle software. The default settings are fixed and cannot be changed.
Name and version of database software
| Items | Description |
| Database software | Oracle Database Standard Edition One |
| Version | 11.2.0.4.X *1, 12.1.0.1.X *1 |
* “X” in the version will be changed, and cannot be specified by the customer.
SE One Virtual Server OS
| OS name and version | |
|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6x86_64 version (64 bit version) | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard x86_64(64bit)*1 | Japanese Data Center only |
| Microsoft Windows Server2012 Standard x86_64 (64bit) | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise x86_64 (64bit) | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86_64 (64bit) | |
*Oracle Database Version 12.1.0.1.X is not available in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2.
*Timezone is set UTC in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and JST in Microsoft Windows Server.
<For Oracle Database 11.2>
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Oracle Database
Software Owner Account
|
Group that the account belongs to | Remarks |
| Oracle | oinstall (Primary Group),
dba
|
Oracle Install User |
Microsoft Windows Server
Oracle Database
Software Owner
Account
|
Group that the account belongs to | Remarks |
| Oracle | Administrators, ora_dba, Users | Oracle Install User |
<For Oracle Database 12.1>
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Oracle Database
Software Owner Account
|
Group that the account belongs to | Remarks |
| oracle | oinstall (Primary Group) ,
dba, oper, backupdba, dgdba, kmdba
|
Oracle Install User |
Microsoft Windows Server
Oracle Database
Software Owner Account
|
Group that the account belongs to | Remark |
| oracle | Administrators,
ora_dba,
ORA_ASMDBA,
ORA_OraDB12Home1_SYSBACKUP,
ORA_OraDB12Home1_SYSDG,
ORA_OraDB12Home1_SYSKM,
Users
|
Oracle Install User |
| oraclehome | ORA_INSTALL, ORA_OraDB12Home1_DBA,
Users
|
Oracle Home User |
<For Oracle Database 11.2>
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
| Name of Oracle Software | Storage for Oracle Software | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Database(Oracle Base) | /u01/app/oracle/ | Only Oracle Database Software is installed. |
| Oracle Database(Oracle Home) | /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1 | |
| Oracle Grid Infrastructure | /oracle_product/grid/ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Client(64 bit) | /oracle_product/client/ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Client(32bit) | /oracle_product/client32/ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Gateways | /oracle_product/gateways/ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Examples | /oracle_product/examples/ | Installer is stored. |
Microsoft Windows Server
| Name of Oracle Software | Storage for Oracle Software | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Database(OracleBase) | C:\app\oracle\ | Only Oracle Database Software is installed. |
| Oracle Database(OracleHome) | C:\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1 | |
| Oracle Grid Infrastructure | C:\OracleProduct\grid\ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Client(64bit) | C:\OracleProduct\client\ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Client(32bit) | C:\OracleProduct\client32\ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Gateways | C:\OracleProduct\gateways\ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Examples | C:\OracleProduct\examples\ | Installer is stored. |
<For Oracle Database 12.1 >
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
| Name of Oracle Software | Storage for Oracle Software | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Database(Oracle Base) | /u01/app/oracle/ | Only Oracle Database Software is installed. |
| Oracle Database(Oracle Home) | /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1 | |
| Oracle Grid Infrastructure | /oracle_product/grid/ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Client(64 bit) | /oracle_product/client/ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Client(32 bit) | /oracle_product/client32/ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Gateways | /oracle_product/gateways/ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Examples | /oracle_product/examples/ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Global Service Manager | /oracle_product/gsm/ | Installer is stored. |
Microsoft Windows Server
| Name of Oracle Software | Storage for Oracle Software | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Database(Oracle Base) | C:\app\oraclehome\ | Only Oracle Database Software is installed. |
| Oracle Database(Oracle Home) | C:\app\oraclehome\product\12.1.0\dbhome_1 | |
| Oracle Grid Infrastructure | C:\OracleProduct\grid\ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Client (64bit) | C:\OracleProduct\client\ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Client (32bit) | C:\OracleProduct\client32\ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Gateways | C:\OracleProduct\gateways\ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Examples | C:\OracleProduct\examples\ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Database Global Service Manager | C:\OracleProduct\gsm\ | Installer is stored. |
| Oracle Fusion Middleware Web Tier Utilities | C:\OracleProduct\ofm_webtier\ | Installer is stored. |
<Oracle Database 11.2 and 12.1>
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
| Parameter name | Value |
|---|---|
| Kernel parameter | |
| fs.aio-max-nr | 1048576 |
| fs.file-max | 6815744 |
| kernel.shmall | 2097152 |
| kernel.shmmax | 536870912 |
| kernel.shmmni | 4096 |
| kernel.sem | 250 32000 100 128 |
| net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range | 9000 65500 |
| net.core.rmem_default | 262144 |
| net.core.rmem_max | 4194304 |
| net.core.wmem_default | 262144 |
| net.core.wmem_max | 1048576 |
| Resource restriction parameter for Oracle users | |
| Soft limit on the number of processesthat a single user can use(soft nproc) | 2047 |
| Hard limit on the number of processesthat a single user can use(hard nproc) | 16384 |
| Soft limit on the number of open file descriptor (soft nofile) | 1024 |
| Hard limit on the number of open file descriptor (hard nofile) | 65536 |
| Soft limit on the stack segment size of the process(soft stack) | 10240 |
Microsoft Windows Server
There is no parameter setting for Oracle Database
<For Oracle Database 11.2>
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
| Parameter name | Value |
| Install option | Installs Database Software only |
| Grid install option | Installs single instance database |
| Selection of product language | Japanese, English |
| Selection of database edition | Standard Edition One |
| Installed location | |
| Oracle Base | /u01/app/oracle |
| Software location (Oracle Home) | /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1 |
Microsoft Windows Server
| Parameter name | Value |
| Install option | Installs Database Software only |
| Grid install option | Installs single instance database |
| Selection of product language | Japanese, English |
| Selection of database edition | Standard Edition One |
| Installed location | |
| Oracle Base | C:\app\oracle |
| Software location (Oracle Home) | C:\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1 |
<For Oracle Database 12.1 >
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
| Parameter name | Value |
| Install option | Installs Database Software only |
| Grid install option | Installs single instance database |
| Selection of product language | Japanese, English |
| Selection of database edition | Standard Edition One |
| Installed location | |
| Oracle Base | /u01/app/oracle |
| Software location (Oracle Home) | /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1 |
Microsoft Windows Server
| Parameter name | Value |
| Install option | Installs Database Software only |
| Grid install option | Installs single instance database |
| Selection of product language | Japanese, English |
| Selection of database edition | Standard Edition One |
| Installed location | |
| Oracle Base | C:\app\oraclehome |
| Software location (Oracle Home) | C:\app\oraclehome\product\12.1.0\dbhome_1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
| Stored location |
| /oracle_product/patches/ |
Microsoft Windows Server
| Stored location |
| C:\OracleProduct\patches |
3.6.3. Restrictions¶
The following restrictions apply on the use of this service.
1) Oracle Database Software
The followings restrictions apply on the Oracle Database Software that is provided in this service.
- The service will be terminated when Oracle Corporation terminates the support program on this software.
2) Restricted functions and services
- When using this service, certain functions of Enterprise Cloud Service will be restricted. The followings are the details of restriction.
- You can use Private Catalog for SE One Virtual Server. However, the obtained SE One Virtual Server Image can be used only with SE One Resources offered by Enterprise Cloud Service, and cannot be deployed to Compute Resources other than SE One Resource or those other than Enterprise Cloud. Doing so would constitute license violation.
- Behavior, and data consistency of Oracle Database on the SE One Virtual Server created from Private Catalog is not guaranteed.
- NTT Communications is not responsible for recovering SE One Virtual Server that was created from Private Catalog.
- Image Backup is available for SE One Virtual Servers. However, the behavior and data consistency of obtained data are not guaranteed.
- NTT Communications is not responsible for recovering SE One Virtual Server that was originated from Image Backup.
1) Failure restoration
- In the event that SE One Virtual Server malfunctions, NTT Communications assumes no responsibility for recovering the SE One Virtual Server and all the installed software and data.
2) Performance assurance
- In this service, performance is not guaranteed. Since the service is based on shared resource, sufficient performance may not be obtained depending on the state of accommodation.
3.6.4. Operation and maintenance of the service¶
- In this service, operation and maintenance of SE One Virtual Server is supported in accordance with “Section 8. Maintenance and Operation of Enterprise Cloud Service (Japan Contract).” In addition, technical inquiries about Oracle products offered in the service will be accepted, investigated, and replied.
3.6.5. Bring Your Own License (BYOL) for Oracle License (Japan Contract Only)¶
Oracle License which Customer owns can be bridged to Enterprise Cloud.
It’s possible to be to use BYOL and reduce the charge for Oracle License.
- BYOL available Oracle product is below.
- Oracle Database Standard Edition One
- Unit of BYOL available License is only “Processor”. Named User Plus (NUP) can not be available.
- Minimum unit of License is 1Processor. It is not possible to divide License less than 1.
- BYOL available License can be only applied for SE One Resource. It is not possible to use other Compute Resource Pool.
- BYOL available License cannot use both Enterprise Cloud and others at the same time.
- Charge for the service is calculated by 1 month unit.
- The service charge is calculated as follows.
- (The total charge for a month) – 16GHz × (montly charge unit) × (the number of Oracle Processor License)
- The reduction upper limit is up to the total charge for a month.
- The reduction cannot be carried forward in the next month.
- Software Update License & Support has to be effective to use BYOL.
- NTTCom will confirm the following information at the time of applicate.
- Name of Compute Resource Pool
- Name of Oracle Program
- The number of processor
- PUC number
- License type
- License Validity (The start and the end date)
- Contract Name (Company name)
- Oracle License bender name
- Support ID (CSI number)
- Support period (The start and the end date)
- Oracle program support is applied to the condition that Customer covenanted with Oracle Company or Oracle vender before. Please continue and use the support desk.
- This is just License bridging service. So this means NTTCom does not support importing Virtual Server image include Oracle which was used in Customer environment. About the way to import Virtula Server Image, refer to “3.3.4.Import Template Feature”.