Protecting and growing Oracle license investments on

cloud platforms

Eugenio Galiano
Director Business Development
North America Technology
Oracle Licensing Choices in the Cloud

Oracle Microsoft Azure Amazon AWS

BYOL to OCI Azure Infrastructure EC2
Infrastructure
Self install Self Install Self Install

Extensive images available Oracle Linux images *Very* limited images

in Oracle Cloud available in the Azure (11g) available in AWS
Marketplace Marketplace Marketplace

BYOL to Managed DBCS/ADB (any version) N/A RDS (SE, SE1, SE2,
Services restricted EE)

License Included DBCS/ADB (any version) N/A RDS (SE1, SE2)

Managed Services
Oracle License Portability to cloud platforms (BYOL)

• Server-based licenses (based on CPUs used)

• Enterprise License Agreements (ELA)
• Unlimited License Agreements (ULA)
• Perpetual Unlimited License Agreement (PULA)
• Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) licenses
• Oracle Partner Network (OPN) licenses
• Named User Plus licenses

Individual customer contracts may have additional clauses about license portability
 Cloud Platform BYOL Licensing
Oracle Microsoft Azure Amazon AWS
Enterprise 1 Processor = 2 OCPUs 1 Processor = 2 vCPUs if hyper- 1 Processor = 2 vCPUs if
Edition threading enabled hyper-threading enabled

1 Processor = 1 vCPU if hyper- 1 Processor = 1 vCPU if

threading not enabled hyper-threading not
enabled
SE/SE1/SE2 IaaS Instance size determined Instance size determined
1 Processor = 4 OCPUs
1 Processor = up to 4 vCPUs (1 1 Processor = up to 4 vCPUs
PaaS socket) (1 socket)
1 Processor = 2 OCPUs For instances over 4 vCPUS For instances over 4 vCPUS
Max 8 OCPUs per DB round up to next multiple of 4 round up to next multiple
per processor (=1 socket) of 4 per processor (=1
socket)
SE max = 16 vCPUs
SE1/SE2 max = 8 vCPUs SE max = 16 vCPUs
SE1/SE2 max = 8 vCPUs
[Link]
 Where can you run Oracle on Amazon AWS?

Oracle Cloud Equivalent

• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

• Infrastructure – do it yourself

• Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

• Managed database services
Oracle Database Cloud Service

• Vmware cloud on AWS

• vSphere-based workloads Oracle Cloud VMware Solution

No Oracle Autonomous Service Equivalent

Oracle on AWS services and licensing options
License Oracle Standard Edition One
Included Oracle Standard Edition Two

Oracle Standard Edition

BYOL Oracle Standard Edition One
Oracle Standard Edition Two
Oracle Enterprise Edition (BYOL only option)

Oracle Standard Edition

BYOL
Oracle Standard Edition One
*ANY*
Oracle Standard Edition Two
Oracle Enterprise Edition

Oracle Standard Edition

Oracle Standard Edition One
BYOL
Oracle Standard Edition Two
*ANY*
Oracle Enterprise Edition
*RAC advertised but not supported

To run an Oracle Database instance under the BYOL model, customer must have the appropriate
Oracle Database license (with Software Update License & Support)
Amazon Strategy –
Standard Edition on RDS
What Amazon wants…
Amazon wants you here!

License Oracle Standard Edition One

Included Oracle Standard Edition Two
Supported Oracle Database versions on AWS RDS

• Oracle 19c, Version [Link]

• Oracle 18c, Version [Link]
• Oracle 12c, Version [Link]
• Oracle 12c, Version [Link]
Why Amazon wants customers on license included RDS?
• They control your Oracle environment
• Higher hourly billing than EC2 –paid on consumption
• Customers pay Amazon to grow their Oracle environment,
• Easier to get customers to “scale up”, more consumption
• Push customers to terminate their relationship with
License
Included
Oracle
Oracle Standard Edition One • They force customers to buy AWS support (more spend)
Oracle Standard Edition Two • They have Oracle licenses they need to consume
• They make no effort to make sure customers Oracle
application runs as efficiently and best as possible
• Its much easier to migrate to one of their databases from
a managed Oracle environment than from an
infrastructure environment.
• They will propose an “automated” migration as the next
step
What Amazon tells customers to make it look compelling…

• You can do everything you need to do with Standard Edition, ignoring RDS, and Standard
Edition limitations
• Save money by cancelling Oracle support and that will pay for your RDS service
• Terminate your licenses with Oracle, you don’t need then with RDS license included
• We will do all the managing you need for your database including upgrades an backups
• We can provide you the high availability you need
• Better integration to Amazon AWS ecosystem
 What Amazon does not tell customers about Oracle on RDS
license included….but you should!
• Customers loose their Oracle Database entitlement and support investment. Going back to
infrastructure involves re-purchasing licenses or paying back support
• Customers “downgrade” to standard edition
• Multitenant is not supported:
• AWS prefers database sprawl to increase use, $$$
• A managed environment does not match the operational advantages of multitenant
• future releases of Oracle only run on multitenant, you may not be able to upgrade
• Oracle RAC applications are not supported
• Many other features and options are not supported on RDS
• Customers sacrifice Oracle built in high availability and DR for AWS provided storage replication (and
potential 2x licenses), a technique that has repeatedly resulted in corrupt databases (no ADG, GG, RAC)
• Customers sacrifice security because SE is less secure than EE
• Customers loose direct Oracle support and have to rely on AWS “limited” support. For anything but
simple issues, customers will have to re-engage with Oracle or another 3rd party support organization
• AWS support cost is based on consumption and unpredictable
• No access to database host environment to install tools (Oracle or 3rd party), do performance analysis,
control environment.
Amazon RDS Oracle doesn't support the following Oracle features:

AWS RDS AWS RDS

Oracle Database Capabilities & Options
License Included BYOL
Oracle Database Edition (e.g. SE2, EE) SE1, SE2 All
Oracle Database Version 11g, 12c, 18c, 19c 11g, 12c, 18c, 19c
RAC No No
Exadata No No
Hybrid Columnar Compression No No
Multitenant Database No No
Flashback Database No No
Real Application Testing No No
Database Vault No No
Automated Storage Management No No
OS Level Root Access No No

BTW we don’t stop you from

being out of compliance or
breaking our restricted
service
Oracle Strategy –
BYOL (EE)
What you need to position to protect and grow Oracle investment

Oracle Standard Edition

Oracle Standard Edition One
BYOL Oracle Standard Edition Two
Oracle Enterprise Edition (BYOL only option)

Oracle Standard Edition

BYOL Oracle Standard Edition One
*ANY* Oracle Standard Edition Two
Oracle Enterprise Edition

Sell Here!
Oracle on EC2 BYOL advantages over RDS license included
• Customers don’t need to downgrade to Standard Edition
• Database supported by Oracle, don’t have to pay for basic AWS support
• Provides full control over the database and access to its underlying
operating system.
• Customers control backups, replication, and clustering.
• Customers can use features and options that aren’t supported by
BYOL
*ANY* Amazon RDS.
• Customers can use a specific Oracle Database version that aren’t
Any Edition
supported by Amazon RDS.
Any Release
• Database size and performance are not restricted by Amazon RDS
offerings.
• Customers can avoid automatic software patches that might break their
applications.
• Customers need higher IOPS and provision storage capacity than the
current RDS limits.
• Need high availability with Data Guard, Active Data Guard or
GoldenGate
How is Oracle supported in AWS?

• BYOL:
• Under this model, customers continue to use their active Oracle support account and contact
Oracle directly for Oracle Database specific service requests. If they have an active AWS
Premium Support account, they can contact AWS Premium Support for Amazon RDS specific
issues. Amazon Web Services and Oracle have multi-vendor support process for cases which
require assistance from both organizations.

• License Included:
• In this model, if customers have an active AWS Premium Support account, they contact AWS
Premium Support for both Amazon RDS and Oracle Database specific service requests.
Tell your customers of the support risk they are taking by moving to
RDS license included model

Critical applications on license included RDS are at risk of poor support AWS Premium Support

• You must purchase AWS Premium Support –

• AWS Support Business and Enterprise levels include:

• limited support for … stack components. AWS Support engineers can
assist with the setup, configuration, and troubleshooting

• If they cannot resolve Oracle issue:

• we will collaborate with, or refer you to, the appropriate vendor support
for that product

• For other more advanced topics such as performance tuning,

troubleshooting of custom code or scripts, security questions, etc. it may be
necessary to contact the third-party software provider directly (aka Oracle)
Show your customers that going from licensed EE to RDS License
included SE is a loosing proposition
AWS EC2 AWS RDS AWS RDS
Oracle Database Capabilities & Options
BYOL License Included BYOL
Oracle Database Edition (e.g. SE2, EE) All SE1, SE2 All
Oracle Database Version 11g, 12c, 18c, 19c 11g, 12c, 18c, 19c 11g, 12c, 18c, 19c
RAC No No No
Exadata No No No
Hybrid Columnar Compression No No No
Multitenant Database Yes No No
Flashback Database Yes No No
Real Application Testing Yes No No
Database Vault Yes No No
Automated Storage Management Yes No No
OS Level Root Access Yes No No
Label Security Yes Yes Yes
Partitioning Yes Yes Yes
AWS disk
HA / DR Oracle Products AWS disk replication
replication
Managed Database (Patch, Upgrade, etc.) Customer Managed AWS Schedule AWS Schedule
And they miss out on substantial business value
Product/Option Description SE EE MUCH GREATER VALUE IN EE
MORE HIGH AVAILABILITY
Database Flashback Table, Database No Yes 10% Reduction in Hours of Unplanned Downtime
Real Application Clusters* Supports rolling patches and upgrades No Yes 15% Reduction in Hours of Planned Downtime
Active Data Guard* Enables automated rolling upgrades. Automates 40+ manual steps No Yes 10% Increase in DBA Productivity
MORE SECURE
Database Supports sophisticated column level security with VPD No Yes 5% Reduction in the Risk of Security
Advanced Security* Provides encryption and data redaction capabilities No Yes 10% Reduction in the Risk of Security and Data Breaches
MUCH MORE SCALABLE
Database Controls how systems resources are allocated to workloads No Yes 5% Reduction in Wait Time for Information
In-Memory* Supports scale-up and scale-out No Yes 30% Reduction in Wait Time for Information
Real Application Clusters* Supports parallel processing across multiple servers No Yes 10% Reduction in Wait Time for Information
MUCH EASIER TO MANAGE
Database Online index rebuild and table redefinition No Yes 15% Increase in DBA Productivity
Advanced Compression* Reduces stored data up to 4x without adversely affecting performance. No Yes 75% Reduction in Storage Utilization
Diagnostic Pack* Self-diagnoses database issues No Yes 5% Increase in Diagnostic Productivity
Tuning Pack* Automates redundant performance tuning tasks No Yes 5% Increase in Tuning Productivity
Database Lifecycle Pack* Automates manual patching tasks and detects changes No Yes 35% Increase in DBA Productivity

Partitioning* Partitions data into smaller, more manageable sizes No Yes 10% Increase in DBA Productivity
VERY LARGE DATABASE (VLDB), DATA WAREHOUSE, BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Database Parallel query capability No Yes 5% Reduction in Wait Time for Information
Delivers rapid answers to analytical questions thru multi-dimensional
OLAP* No Yes 10% Reduction in Performing Analysis and Reporting
data
Partitions data in smaller sizes thereby limiting the amount of data to
Partitioning* No Yes 10% Improvement in Performance
be examined
* Extra Cost Option
And a substantially increased security risk
Security Features/Option Enterprise Edition Standard Edition
Database Security Assessment Tool  
Data Safe  
Password Profiles  
Strong Authentication  
Network Encryption  
Privilege Analysis  
Centrally Managed Users  
Unified Audit  
Fine-Grained Audit  
Transparent Data Encryption  
Database Vault  
Data Redaction  
Audit Vault and Database Firewall  
Data Masking and Subsetting  
Label Security  
Real Application Security  
Ask your customer why they want to throw their money away on RDS, when
Oracle on OCI costs less, is full featured, is better supported, and performs
better?

As of 12/1/2020 AWS RDS Oracle SE or Oracle DBCS SE or EE AWS RDS Oracle SE Oracle DBCS SE VM Oracle DBCS EE VM
For reference EE (BYOL) VM (BYOL) (License Included) (License Included) (License Included)
only No AWS Equivalent
Low Processing $173.35 $143.964 $358.61 $159.96 $319.99
1 core
(2vCPU) [Link] 2 vCPU 1 core

Medium $1,386.81 $1,151.71 $2868.86 $1279.68 $2,559.95

Processing
8 cores db.r5.4xlarge 16 vCPU 8 cores
(16vCPU)
High Processing $2,773.63 $2,303.42 N/A N/A $5118.72
16 cores EE Only EE Only
(32vCPU) db.r5.8xlarge 32 vCPU 16 cores N/A on AWS
(EE only)

Price is per month – 744 hrs per month of usage billed per hour
The game changer – if your customer is dead set on SE1/SE2 RDS
let them know what they are missing out on by not going to Oracle Cloud

1- BYOL SE2 licenses => Autonomous DB

• It's a straight-up 1 processor (socket) to 4 OCPUs BYOL mapping with no DB Options
Licenses required (page 95)
• Using Autonomous Data Guard does not require any additional licenses

2- BYOL to Oracle Cloud allows the following products to be used without licensing:
• Data Masking and Subsetting Pack, Diagnostics Pack, Tuning Pack, and Real Application
Testing, Transparent Data Encryption
Top 5 + 1 reasons Amazon RDS for Oracle is a bad idea

• You don’t get Oracle support. You have to pay Amazon for “limited” support
• You cannot run Oracle high availability, RAC, ADG. Your HA depends on Amazon
• You cannot run Multitenant
• You can only run specific versions with specific patch sets of the Oracle database
• You can only take advantage of a subset of the Oracle Database functionality even with
BYOL
• Unless you BYOL, you have to run Standard Edition which has functionality and capacity
restrictions
Top 5 + 1 reasons why running Oracle on OCI is better

• Ok: 5 + 1 + one more – Leverage ULA2PaaS discounts, not available on RDS or AZURE
• You get full end-to-end full Oracle support
• This is where we develop, and where the latest and greatest Oracle products are
• You can use all database functionality including Multitenant, RAC, ADG, Security
• Its faster and cheaper
• You can BYOL any version of the database you want making it an ideal deployment option
for a hybrid architecture
• You have the option of running Autonomous Database
Additional Resources

• Licensing Oracle Software in the Cloud Computing Environment

• Oracle PaaS and IaaS Universal Credits Service Descriptions
• BYOL Frequently asked questions
• Authorized Cloud Environments
• Why Oracle Workloads on Oracle Cloud
• Oracle RDS pricing
• Oracle on RDS
• Oracle on RDS users guide
• AWS FAQ's
• Licensing Oracle Software in AWS
• Oracle features not supported in RDS
• Oracle on AWS best practices (AWS document)
• Oracle on Azure