Microsoft
MicrosoftHappy Holidays, xpabu- I believe you may have missed the goal of the blog post, which was to explain how the team I work with doesn't have a problem with folks trying to license for CPU that simply don't exist on a constrained vCPU VM. Oracle sales is going to push and challenge due to a misunderstanding of what constrained vCPU machines are. I've just given you the commands required to push back on this challenge. I've had customers try to license by doing thread counts per chip. I've had folks try to multiply each core license by four because they didn't understand the third-party licensing documentation. I'm asking you to reread the blog post and realize that I've given you the means to push back when someone misunderstands.
Legally, no company can come back and say, "I'm charging you for 16 cores when you have 8 on the box because I *feel* like it. " They must have proof there are cores that the customer has access to and could enable, which falls to their technical specialists. The blog post demonstrates that there aren't any cores for Oracle to charge for, just misunderstandings by individuals who don't know what they're doing.
Don't go into a battle unarmed.
Have a great holiday!
Kellyn
