Standard Edition 2

Can you have more than 1 PDB with Standard Edition 2 (SE2)?

When we announced the 3-PDB-Support with Oracle Database 19c onward at OpenWorld 2019, I was very excited. According to the license documentation, this applies to Standard Edition 2 (SE2) as well. But does it work? Can you have more than 1 PDB with Standard Edition 2 (SE2)?

Can you have more than 1 PDB with Standard Edition 2 (SE2)?

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The license documentation is pretty clear about 3 user-created PDBs:

Check with Oracle Database 19.5.0 SE2

It’s been a while since I installed SE2 instead of EE. But everything goes smoothly. You just need to select “Standard Edition 2” in the OUI. The image you …

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Adaptive Execution Plans – not available in Oracle SE2

I received an interesting question on the blog the other day:

“Are Adaptive Plans an Enterprise Edition only feature?”

What does the License Guide say?

The Oracle Database 12.2 License Guide says:

Adaptive - EE only

Adaptive Features: Enterprise Edition only – from the Oracle 12.2 License Guide

What does www.oracle.com say?

This is the link the customer came across – also saying that Adaptive Execution Plans are an Enterprise Edition only feature:

Adaptive Plans - EE only

Adaptive Execution Plans – Enterprise Edition only – from www.oracle.com

What does this mean for SE2?

That is the question Adam had. Does this impact SE2? Will I get an error …

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SE2 – Some questions, some answers …

Oracle Standard Edition SE2 12.1.0.2*** Updated on Nov 6  to reflect 11.2.0.4 changes***

There were a lot of questions regarding Oracle Database Standard Edition 12.1.0.2 SE2 in the past days. See below for further blog posts on SE2.

And please find the official Oracle SE2 “brief” document here giving you a good overview on SE2:
[http://www.oracle.com/us/products/database/oracle-db-se2-brief-2680836.pdf]
Document has been removed – link is not valid anymore – sorry!

I’ll try to summarize some topics I’m able to answer by myself. And please don’t expect me to assist with license or license migration questions – that is far beyond my scope or knowledge or responsibility, …

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MOS Download for Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 including SE2

Please find all our articles about Oracle Database Standard Edition 12.1.0.2 SE2:

 

You have 3 options to download Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 12.1.0.2 and Oracle Database Standard Edition 12.1.0.2. SE2.

Regarding OTN and eDelivery nothing …

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Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 SE2 – Support and Patches for Oracle Database 12.1.0.1 SE/SE1

Oracle SE2

Please find all our articles about Oracle Database Standard Edition 12.1.0.2 SE2:

 

Some questions regarding support for Oracle Database Standard Edition 12.1.0.1 (SE/SE1) came up in the past days.

Most of those are answered already in MOS Note 2027072.1 (Oracle Database 12c Standard Edition 2
(12.1.0.2) )

How long will

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Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 Standard Edition (SE2) available for download

Oracle SE2Finally …

Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 Standard Edition (SE2) is available for download.

Some information is already available in the Oracle Database Licensing Information. And you’ll find more here: https://www.oracle.com/database/standard-edition-two/index.html

Quoting from the pricing document:
http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/databaselicensing-070584.pdf

“Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 may only be licensed on servers that have a maximum capacity of 2 sockets. When used with Oracle Real Application Clusters, Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 may only be licensed on a maximum of 2 one-socket servers. In addition, notwithstanding any provision in Your Oracle license agreement to the contrary, each Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 database may

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