Oracle Licensing on VMware: Version-by-Version Breakdown

📌 Oracle Licensing on VMware: Version-by-Version Breakdown | Redress Compliance

Oracle’s licensing rules for VMware environments get stricter with every version — and most enterprises have no idea how exposed they are.

In this video, Redress Compliance unpacks how Oracle's licensing requirements change across VMware versions — and why vSphere upgrades can silently trigger massive licensing liabilities.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

vSphere 5.0 and earlier: License all hosts connected to shared storage

vSphere 5.1–6.0: License all hosts in the entire vCenter, even without shared storage

vSphere 6.0 and newer: Oracle assumes cross-vCenter mobility, requiring licenses for all potential destinations

⚠️ The risk: A single Oracle VM in your virtual infrastructure can force licensing of dozens of hosts across multiple clusters and vCenters — even if Oracle is only installed in one place.

The solution?
✔️ Isolate Oracle workloads
✔️ Break vMotion paths
✔️ Eliminate shared storage
✔️ Physically separate clusters

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