Oracle Licensing
Oracle is a powerful Relational DataBase Management System that has versions that run on all popular computing platforms of today. It has distributed capabilities that allow the pulling together of database tables from different machines. As a leader in the RDBMS field, many other software development companies offer links to Oracle databases. This means, while standardizing on the Oracle database, we can still keep open many options for development tools, and other third party software.
Stony Brook is continuing its participation in the SUNY-Wide site license for Oracle Database Products. While the license agreement is in force it permits Stony Brook to use the Oracle Database Products on any campus-owned computing platform. In return, we pay a one-time participation fee, and a yearly license fee to join the Common SUNY Support Center at Buffalo State. Oracle is presently implemented on about 128 different computing platforms. Most of these are available to us. If the particular product is not already on Campus, the license manager, Sanjay Kapur, will request the appropriate software from the Common SUNY Support Center at Buffalo State. If the software exists at Buffalo, it will be shipped to us over the SUNY DECNET network that night. If Buffalo does not have it, and it is determined that we are entitled to it under the terms of the SUNY-Wide Site License, the Common SUNY Support Center (CSSC) will request it from Oracle and send it on to us as soon as possible.
Which platforms are Oracle available for?
Oracle DBMS version 8 software is on Campus and available for the following platforms:
Oracle tools are available for the following platforms:
Who supports oracle, and how?
Sanjay Kapur has been designated License Manager for Stony Brook. As such, he will accept and fulfill requests for the Oracle software products. In addition, he is required to report to the Common SUNY Support Center, on a quarterly basis, the CPU serial numbers of all CPUs with Oracle installed. The large amount of different platforms and operating systems make local support extremely difficult. The CSSC has instituted a system on electronic mail request for answering questions concerning the various software products. They keep questions and answers in a searchable database that can be referred to by support center personnel. They require e-mail questions and will respond with e-mail answers. The CSSC has the ability to go directly to Oracle for questions it cannot answer.
How do you obtain Oracle?
We are now offering Oracle licenses at no charge however, an Oracle Campus Wide Site License Agreement form must be completed and submitted for each participating CPU/Operating System. The agreement forms should be sent to:
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For questions regarding the completion of the Material & Service Requisition for payment, or whether your License agreement has been received and processed – Call the DoIT Business Office @ 2-7155.
Is there any additional ways to obtain Oracle?
Documentation is available directly from Oracle. There are prepackaged collections of documentation for various platforms. An almost complete list of Oracle Documentation is available in the Oracle publication "Oracle Technical Publications Catalog and Price Guide" 3903-50-0192. Additional information and ordering can be done by calling Hallie R. Alderman at Oracle (415) 506-6822.