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Oracle Management Packs

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Oracle recently changed how it offers the extra-cost Packs that extend functionality within Oracle Enterprise Manager (a.k.a OEM, Grid Control and Cloud Control). Diagnostics and Tuning Packs–the two most commonly licensed alongside Enterprise Database–remain unchanged with regards to licensing rules and pricing.

The big news is the appearance of Database Lifecycle Management Pack for Oracle Database (DLM) on the price list for $12,000 per Processor. Configuration Management, Change Management, and Provisioning and Patch Automation Packs are rolled into DLM and removed from the price list. These three Packs were $5,000, $3,500 and $3,500, respectively, so it seems Oracle decided not to extend a package deal for the bundle. Furthermore, DLM is a prerequisite for Cloud Management Pack for Oracle Database, which is $3,000 per Processor.

Altogether, deploying Oracle as a service with the aforementioned Packs adds an additional $25,000 to Enterprise Edition’s $47,500 per Processor. Throw in extra-cost options such as RAC, Partitioning and Advanced Compression and you approach $120,000 in list licensing per Processor. Put this on Exadata gear and such a pricey acquisition will likely require board-level approval. Go big or go home, I guess.

These changes coincide with the announcement of OEM 12c. 12c is promising for many reasons, including how it enables IT organizations to deploy database-as-a-service. It also provides auto discovery as base (i.e., free) functionality. I’m testing this functionality and will let you know how it goes.


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