HDR licenses
Question: does an HDR standby server need its own Informix license, and where is this documented? Answers: an HDR, RSS or separate-machine SDS secondary (and similarly a manually/log-restore-maintained warm standby) needs no extra licence as long as it is used purely as a hot standby; if users run any SQL against it, read or write, the secondary must be fully licensed. Respondents pointed to Carlton Doe's developerWorks article on Informix editions/licensing and to IBM's software licence agreement database, noting terms vary by edition and version.
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Hello, Does HDR (standby server) require a separate Informix license? Can anyone point me to a documentation that deals with that issue? Thanks
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Georges Martin < georges_martin_1@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > Does HDR (standby server) require a separate Informix license? > Can anyone point me to a documentation that deals with that issue? > > Thanks > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > Yes: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-0801doe/ You have to read the text for the edition you're interested on... Verify that the edition you want can use it on the big table. Regards. -- Fernando Nunes Portugal http://informix-technology.blogspot.com My email works... but I don't check it frequently... --00032557474614cca80492ab33e7
Under the current licensing, IB that an HDR or RSS secondary or an SDS secondary on a separate machine, do not require a separate license PROVIDED that they are used ONLY as a hot standby. If users access the secondary server, either for reading or for updating data, then the machine must be licensed. Same is true for a warm standby server that's kept updated manually through restores or using the 11.xx continuous log restore feature. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Georges Martin < georges_martin_1@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > Does HDR (standby server) require a separate Informix license? > Can anyone point me to a documentation that deals with that issue? > > Thanks > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --00163630f0e7387a330492abb69a
Thanks Art, can you please point me to a link or documentation that deals with that licensing issue? Thanks > To: ids@iiug.org > From: art.kagel@gmail.com > Subject: Re: HDR licenses [21719] > Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:08:24 -0400 > > Under the current licensing, IB that an HDR or RSS secondary or an SDS > secondary on a separate machine, do not require a separate license PROVIDED > that they are used ONLY as a hot standby. If users access the secondary > server, either for reading or for updating data, then the machine must be > licensed. Same is true for a warm standby server that's kept updated > manually through restores or using the 11.xx continuous log restore feature. > > Art > > Art S. Kagel > Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) > IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) > > Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and > do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other > organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by > inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals > affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the > entities themselves. > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Georges Martin < > georges_martin_1@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > Does HDR (standby server) require a separate Informix license? > > Can anyone point me to a documentation that deals with that issue? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > > > > > --00163630f0e7387a330492abb69a > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. >
Here are the licenses. Please be aware that different versions of Informix have different terms on this specific issue. http://www-03.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf John F. Miller III STSM, Embedability Architect miller3@us.ibm.com 503-578-5645 IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) ids-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 10/15/2010 11:31:05 AM: > [image removed] > > RE: HDR licenses [21720] > > Georges Martin > > to: > > ids > > 10/15/2010 11:31 AM > > Sent by: > > ids-bounces@iiug.org > > Please respond to ids > > Thanks Art, > can you please point me to a link or documentation that deals with that > licensing issue? > > Thanks > > > To: ids@iiug.org > > From: art.kagel@gmail.com > > Subject: Re: HDR licenses [21719] > > Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:08:24 -0400 > > > > Under the current licensing, IB that an HDR or RSS secondary or an SDS > > secondary on a separate machine, do not require a separate licensePROVIDED > > that they are used ONLY as a hot standby. If users access the secondary > > server, either for reading or for updating data, then the machine must be > > licensed. Same is true for a warm standby server that's kept updated > > manually through restores or using the 11.xx continuous log > restore feature. > > > > Art > > > > Art S. Kagel > > Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) > > IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) > > > > Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own > opinions and > > do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other > > organization with which I am associated either explicitly, > implicitly, or by > > inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals > > affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the > > entities themselves. > > > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Georges Martin < > > georges_martin_1@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > Does HDR (standby server) require a separate Informix license? > > > Can anyone point me to a documentation that deals with that issue? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > > > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > > > > > > > > > --00163630f0e7387a330492abb69a > > > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. >
From Carlton Doe's article on the IBM web site: H/A secondary nodes can be deployed without charge if they are only functioning as a backup secondary. If you use any secondary node for SQL operations (read or write), the secondary node must be fully licensed. Here's the link to the article (I think someone else posted it also): http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-0801doe/ Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Georges Martin < georges_martin_1@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Art, > can you please point me to a link or documentation that deals with that > licensing issue? > > Thanks > > > To: ids@iiug.org > > From: art.kagel@gmail.com > > Subject: Re: HDR licenses [21719] > > Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:08:24 -0400 > > > > Under the current licensing, IB that an HDR or RSS secondary or an SDS > > secondary on a separate machine, do not require a separate license > PROVIDED > > that they are used ONLY as a hot standby. If users access the secondary > > server, either for reading or for updating data, then the machine must be > > licensed. Same is true for a warm standby server that's kept updated > > manually through restores or using the 11.xx continuous log restore > feature. > > > > Art > > > > Art S. Kagel > > Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) > > IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) > > > > Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions > and > > do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any > other > > organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or > by > > inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals > > affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the > > entities themselves. > > > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Georges Martin < > > georges_martin_1@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > Does HDR (standby server) require a separate Informix license? > > > Can anyone point me to a documentation that deals with that issue? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > > > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > > > > > > > > > --00163630f0e7387a330492abb69a > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --0016361e823c5848460492ac96f4