Veeam licenses software in a variety of ways depending on the specific product and use case you are interested in. Count 2 virtual cpu vcpu to 1 oracle processor license if hyperthreading enabled, and 1 virtual cpu vcpu to 1 oracle processor license if hyperthreading not enabled. Renewal after the general availability of windows server 2016. May 26, 2016 licensing is full of unclear language, terms with limited descriptions and software licensing models that confuse as much as clarify. Licenses processors on either a physical server or virtual machine. Vmwares per cpu licensing model changes will be coming in. While some software is licensed on a percore basis, others are licensed based on a per cpu basis. Microsoft moved to core based licensing years ago for windows server, sql server and other products. Feb 04, 2020 for the few customers who are currently deploying our software on cpus with more than 32 cores, or for those that are in the process of purchasing physical servers with more than 32 cores per cpu, we are providing a grace period after the licensing metric change goes into effect on april 2, 2020. License metrics are set in software entitlements and are used for. Introduction to per core licensing and basic definitions. A processor value unit pvu is a unit of measurement that is used to determine the licensing cost of ibm middleware products. If your a customer like this, it is advisable to talk to a vmware partner reseller or vmware sales representative for additional information.
To give you a more consistent licensing experience across multicloud environments, we transitioned from processorbased licensing to corebased licensing for windows server 2019 datacenter and standard editions. Corebased licensing coming to windows server 2016, system. Introduction to per core licensing and basic definitions microsoft. Processor value unit pvu licensing for distributed software. Jan 19, 2016 the major change with this new release is that the licensing moves to a per core model. In other cases, manufacturers charge per processor or core based on the. To license a physical server, all physical cores must be licensed with a minimum of 8 core licenses per physical processor. Software license management licensing service for software.
Advantages of usagebased licensing for software vendors. Is it still the same after oracle has purchased sun. Similarities between oracle and ibm cpubased licensing may 17, 20 sharon trembley no comments. Sql licensing guide the basics of microsofts licensing. Microsoft windows server 2016s corebased licensing explained. Microsoft patents cpubased software locks forevergeek. This includes licensing by the number of protected workloads or by the number of cpu sockets on a managed server or host. Licensing metrics allow customers to purchase based on user or usage based counts for. In the case of software, it is harder to determine how much va. The management servers corebased licensing model used by system center standard and.
The big news is that the software licensing model for these products will change from a cpu based metric to a core based metric. To learn about specific microsoft server and client licensing scenarios, see an introduction to microsoft server and client licensing. Veeam licensing policy defines specific licensing rules and conditions for veeam products. Why do software vendors still license by cpu or by core. Some products may license by user, instance or partition. Software monetization is effective and rapid when you adopt modern license models, allowing your customers to buy in the ways they want to. Top 3 software licensing models license management, in depth. In the virtual cpu usage based licensing feature, the license specifies the number of cpus that a particular citrix adc vpx is entitled to.
A bmw provides more value than a yugo, so the bmw costs more. April 2, 2020 this is the date when the new licensing change goes into effect with the 32core percpu licensing model. Introduction to per core licensing with the release of microsoft sql server 2012, microsoft server licensing shifted the measure of computing power from physical processors to cores. Software license management for virtual environments and the. Nearly all vmware software is licensed on a per cpu basis. This is the official microsoft licensing home page with information about product licensing and licensing programs for new and existing customers. For example, oracles cpubased licensing model is based on physical cpu cores and not virtual cpus. For example, 50user perseat license would mean that up to 50 individually named users can access the program named user licensing. Also, memory limits on licensing have mostly faded away. However, several common problems with many licensing models today apply to all distribution models. Vmware changing cpu license model limits cores per processor.
Software licensing based on cpuid vmware communities. Vmwares new licensing fees are going to hurt amds 64. The software licensing model defines how the product will be used. Sql licensing guide the basics of microsofts licensing models. Under the per core licensing model, each server that runs sql server software in a physical operating system environment ose must have a core license for every core in the processor. Is it only about the number and type of users who can access the server. Mar 16, 2020 customers today license software from other major software vendors based on cpu cores that is, on a percore basis. Some manufacturers base their licensing on the number of users, and these, in turn may be named or concurrent users. Lets take a look at a few licensing scenarios and how you could license these instances with windows server 2016s core based licensing model.
For one, per cpu licensing is being dislodged by the core licensing or per user model. Mar 02, 2007 according to yankee group analyst laura didio, software licensing should be based on the number of processor socketsnot the cores. This is more to the trend of denser servers that is, with more and more cores per server and, possibly, in a nod to azure. Perpetual license a nonexpiring license to use an application. According to yankee group analyst laura didio, software licensing should be based on the number of processor socketsnot the cores. Mar 22, 2006 entitled licensing the use of software on a particular cpu, the proposed technology would in effect lock a particular copy of software say, windows, office, or a console based game, or portion thereof i. Customers with software assurance will transition to corebased licensing and trueups will also be corebased. Three challenges for licensing software in cloud computing. Windows server 2016 will use a 2 core pack instead of the processor based model in windows server 2012. The fundamental disconnect between software pricing and.
Because vmware is moving to this standard, it is easier for customers to compare software licensing and pricing between vmware using per cpu with up to 32 cores and other vendors. The big news is that the software licensing model for these products will change from a cpubased metric to a corebased metric. Teambased development option 47 per cpucores multicore multios production license you are allowed to utilize teambased development option on your prod machine and the same powercenter cpu prod licensing applies here as well. The end user is responsible for providing correct contact information about license administrator and keep it. Because vmware is moving toward this standard metric, it is easier for customers to compare software licensing and pricing between vmware using percpu licenses covering up to 32 cores and other vendors using percore pricing. Fast forward to a market where corebased licensing is normal, if not the norm. One of the first things i noticed after the similarity between ibm and oracles cpubased software licensing both base the licensing on cores i noticed oracle skews their software core factor table to favor sun hardware. Core based licensing provides a more precise measure of computing power and a more consistent licensing metric. Entitled licensing the use of software on a particular cpu, the proposed technology would in effect lock a particular copy of software say, windows, office, or a consolebased game, or portion thereof i.
Both in terms of software licensing, software subscriptions and cloud services. As software development and use expanded over the last 50 years, the variety of software licensing models has grown as well, to. Microsoft moves to per core licensing for windows server. Per seat licensing is administered by providing userlevel security to the directory containing the program. We came in trouble when we do evaluation if that kind of software is able to run with vmware and for example with vmotion or vmware ha.
May 22, 20 software licensing in a cloud computing model should be much simpler. Software license is designated as user based, the named. Customers today license software from other major software vendors based on cpu cores that is, on a percore basis. Zentitle software licensing cloudbased software license.
Restricts the customers entitlement to a specific number of physical servers andor a specific number of cpus within those servers. To give you a more consistent licensing experience across multicloud environments, we transitioned from processor based licensing to core based licensing for windows server 2019 datacenter and standard editions. Entitles the customer the right to execute a specified number of transactions which must also be appropriately defined with the software similar to usage based. Cpu cores are the main software licensing metric across the industry. So, the citrix adc vpx can checkout licenses for only the number of virtual cpus running on it from the license server. February 10, 2017 admin microsoft has pretty predictably moved to per core licensing for windows server, just like sql server before it. The major change with this new release is that the licensing moves to a per core model. April 30, 2020 this is the last day of the grace period following april 2, 2020 that vmware is giving free licenses to customers who purchase physical servers with more than 32cores prior to this date. For example, 50user perseat license would mean that up to 50 individually named users can access the program named user licensing 1. Enterprise software has traditionally been priced on a percore or. Software licensing is currently delivered by software publishers using various and complex license models.
Licensing metrics allow customers to purchase based on user or usage based counts for component pricing, bundle users across select programs for cas pricing or company wide type of usage for enterprise pricing. A hardware partition or blade is considered to be a separate physical hardware system, and, therefore, a separate server. A processor value unit pvu is a unit of measure used to differentiate licensing of software on distributed processor technologies defined by processor vendor, brand, type and model number. Vmwares new licensing fees are going to hurt amds 64core.
Because vmware is moving to this standard, it is easier for customers to compare software licensing and pricing between vmware using percpu with up to 32 cores and other vendors. Microsoft moved to corebased licensing years ago for windows server, sql server and other products. This comprehensive program includes a unique set of technologies, services, and rights to help you deploy, manage, and use microsoft products efficiently. A server is a physical hardware system capable of running server software. Software customers and publishers negotiate pricing based on both the perceived value of the application and how the application will be used. Licensing is full of unclear language, terms with limited descriptions and software licensing models that confuse as much as clarify.
Save money by reducing enterprise software license costs. Saas and mobile has made all consumers familiar with new subscription and usage based purchasing, whilst business customers increasingly want to switch to concurrent licensing, making their license inventories easier to use and manage. Software licensing in a cloud computing model should be much simpler. License administrator is a person associated with and recorded in the veeam license key representing the end user per eula with the authority to request changes to the veeam product license. Core licensing models for key microsoft products and software. Changes to software licensing models may put buyers at risk. This article is a general introduction to software licensing. Microsoft is the good guy in this one with oracle sticking to. The same logic is applied to the virtual cores in a virtual environment. Where servers are running with tomcat and all the bo services. Customers today license software from other major software vendors based on cpu cores. Its great, but you have to take advantage of it if you dont create as many vms as possible, your money isnt going as far. The licensing models for windows server 2016 standard edition and datacenter edition have changed from processor based to core based licensing windows server 2016 essentials edition will continue to be on the processor based licensing model. Customers with software assurance will be on processorbased licensing and trueups will also be processorbased.
Lets say your customer is interested in licensing 1 physical server that has 1 processor and 4 cores. Because of technology improvements over recent years, many customers have moved to powerful physical servers with fewer physical cpus and more cores per cpu. Sql server processortocore licensing conversion sla. So a single processor, regardless of core count, gets assigned a single license fee. Vmware is doubling the cost of its cpu software licensing for customers who have more than 32 cores, a move channel partners say could affect sales and provide a boost to competitors nutanix and. Windows licensing change processor to corebased keller. Most distributed software can be categorized according to its license type see table. Starting april 2, 2020, all software that is licensed per physical cpu. The main licensing change coming to windows server 2016 and system center 2016 is that the license will be based on the amount of physical cores used to run the software. Software license is designated as userbased, the named. A vmware customer who purchased a vmware software per cpu licenses based on a hardware more than 32 cpu cores prior to 30th april 2020, will be eligible to have free additional licenses. While some software is licensed on a percore basis, others are licensed based on a percpu basis. The use of veeam products is subject to the end users compliance with the end user license agreement eula. Feb 10, 2020 both in terms of software licensing, software subscriptions and cloud services.
Vmware changing cpu license model limits cores per. Software licensing in the cloud now with more flexibility driven by vendors such as amazon, software license models in the cloud are often payasyougo andor subscriptionbased licenses. Microsoft, oracle, and others use a corebased licensing model, which enables you to create an unlimited number of virtual machines vms on each cpu youre licensing. Hence we have used 2 servers which each server is having 8 cpu. The licensing models for windows server 2016 standard edition and datacenter edition have changed from processorbased to corebased licensing windows server 2016 essentials edition will continue to be on the processorbased licensing model. Software licensing is a complicated topic, but knowing a little about software licensing can help you make sense of all that fine print. Making sense of software licensing articles and howtos. Move windows server licenses to azure and save up to 40 percent. Although some software vendors are innovating and offering customers a pay as you go model in the cloud, where customers pay based on utilizationper hour, per day or even per userothers still dont have policies to make their. As customers renew software assurance on sql server, sa will remain at current perprocessor costs only for servers with four or fewer cores per processor. For each product, you must acquire the appropriate number of pvus that is defined for the specific processor on which the software is installed. Introduction to per core licensing and basic definitions april 2017 3 server. It is based on the type of processor that is deployed on the server where the software is installed.
The distinct conceptual difference between the two is the granting of rights. Because vmware is moving toward this standard metric, it is easier for customers to compare software licensing and pricing between vmware using per cpu licenses covering up to 32 cores and other vendors using percore pricing. For the few customers who are currently deploying our software on cpus with more than 32 cores, or for those that are in the process of purchasing physical servers with more than 32 cores per cpu, we are providing a grace period after the licensing metric change goes into effect on april 2, 2020. For example, a multicore chip based server with an oracle processor core factor of 0. Oracle applications software licensing information. Software licensing in the cloud now with more flexibility. Software license management for virtual environments and. Software licensing advisors licensing brief summary microsofts liberality in granting core licenses contains a healthy amount of selfinterest. What is the difference between core based and user based licenses. What does vmware changing its licensing model mean for.
Ibm continues to define a processor, for purposes of pvu based licensing, to be each processor core on a chip socket. In the virtual cpuusagebased licensing feature, the license specifies the number of cpus that a particular citrix adc vpx is entitled to. Software licensing is a way to collect payment from the customer in a way that reflects the value the customer received. A perseat license is a software license model based on the number of individual users who have access to a digital service or product. Two common categories for software under law, and therefore with licenses which grant the licensee specific rights, are proprietary software and free and opensource software foss. April 30, 2020 this is the last day of the grace period following april 2, 2020 that vmware is giving free licenses to customers who purchase physical servers with more than 32cores prior to this date below is an info graphic showing the current licensing model as. Some vendors still require software licensing to be bound to physical hardware.
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