Licensing SQL Server On A Virtual Platform

Licensing SQL Server on a Virtual Platform
Robert L Davis
www.sqlsoldier.com
@SQLSoldier
Robert L Davis
Principal Database Architect at DB Best Technologies
Greater Seattle Area | Information Technology and Services
Past: Principal DBA at Outerwall, Inc.

P.M. SQL Server Master Certification Program at Microsoft
Sr. Database Administrator at Microsoft
Blog: www.SQLSoldier.com
Twitter: @SQLSoldier
LinkedIN: www.linkedin.com/in/robertldavis
Agenda
• Changes in licensing
– SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2014
Agenda
– SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2014
• Licensing SQL Server Editions
Agenda
– SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2014
• Feature differences between editions
Agenda
– SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2014
• Software Assurance
Agenda
– SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2014
• Retail vs. volume licensing
Agenda
– SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2014
• Retail vs. volume licensing
• Licensing for failover and disaster recovery
Changes in licensing
• SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2012
• SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2012
– Datacenter Edition eliminated
• SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2012
• Enterprise Edition again the top Edition
• SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2012
– BI Edition introduced
• SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2012
• Only available with server + CAL licensing
• SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2012
– Per-core licensing introduced
• SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2012
• Enterprise not available with server + CAL licensing
• SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2012
– Failover rights require Software Assurance (SA)
• SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2012
– Failover rights require Software Assurance (SA)
• Passive failovers must be fully licensed without SA
• SQL 2012 to SQL 2014
– Enterprise Edition on Server + CAL upgraded via SA
limited to 20 cores
• SQL 2012 to SQL 2014
limited to 20 cores
– Mobility rights require Software Assurance (SA)
• SQL 2012 to SQL 2014
limited to 20 cores
– Mobility rights require Software Assurance (SA)
• Passive partners must be fully licensed without SA
Licensing SQL Server Editions

• Standard: Server + CAL or Per-core
SQL Server Edition Licensing Options

Server + CAL Per-core
Enterprise
Business Intelligence
Standard  

• BI: Server + CAL

Enterprise
Business Intelligence 
Standard  

• Enterprise: Per-core

Enterprise 
Standard  

• Enterprise: Per-core
• Developer: Developer tools model (per user)

Enterprise 
Standard  
Feature differences between editions

– More Power
Feature Name Enterprise BI Standard
Lesser of 4 Lesser of 4
Compute Capacity
OS maximum Sockets or 16 Sockets or 16
(Database Engine)
cores cores
Lesser of 4
Compute Capacity
OS maximum OS maximum Sockets or 16
(SSAS, SSRS)
cores
Maximum memory
OS maximum 128 GB 128 GB
(Database Engine)
Maximum memory
OS maximum OS maximum 64 GB
(SSAS, SSRS)

– Higher Availability
Database snapshot Yes No No
Failover Cluster Unlimited
2 Nodes 2 Nodes
Instances Nodes
Availability Groups Yes No No
Online page and
Yes No No
file restore
Online indexing Yes No No
Online schema
Yes No No
changes
Fast recovery Yes No No
Mirrored backups Yes No No
Hot Add Memory
Yes No No
and CPU

– Better Manageability
Partitioning Yes No No
Data compression Yes No No
Resource Governor Yes No No
Partition Table
Yes No No
Parallelism
Multiple Filestream
Yes No No
containers
NUMA Aware Large

Page Memory and
Yes No No
Buffer Array
Allocation
In-Memory OLTP Yes No No

– More secure, More features
Fine Grained Auditing Yes No No
Transparent database encryption Yes No No
Extensible Key Management Yes No No
Peer to Peer transactional
Yes No No
replication
Parallel indexed operations Yes No No
Automatic use of indexed view by
Yes No No
query optimizer
Parallel consistency check Yes No No
Software Assurance Benefits

• Planning Services

– Help ensure efficient deployments through
collaborative planning built on best practices.

– Extend your IT staff with expert advice from on-site
deployment planning specialists.

• Technical Training

• Technical Training
– Helps build technical skills and ready IT
professionals and developers for the latest wave of
Microsoft technologies.

• 24x7 Problem Resolution Support

– Around-the-clock phone and web incident support
via a direct connection to Microsoft.

• Extended Hotfix Support

• Mobility Rights

• Mobility Rights
• Failover Rights

• Mobility Rights
• Failover Rights
• New Version Rights

• Mobility Rights
• Failover Rights
• Step Up Rights

• Mobility Rights
• Failover Rights
• Step Up Rights
– Upgrade Edition for Less
Retail vs. volume licensing

• Volume Licensing:
– Price advantages for volume purchasing

– Simple, cost effective way to acquire the latest
Microsoft technology

– Simplify license management

– Manage software costs

– Better control over your investment

– Easy access to older versions

– Easy access to older versions
Licensing for failover and disaster recovery

• Failover rights require Software Assurance (SA)

– 1 active server license covers 1 passive server license

– Not passive if used for any operations (backups,
read-only queries, etc.

• Without SA, passive servers must be fully licensed

• Without SA, passive servers must be fully licensed
– Changed for SQL Server 2012
VM Licensing
• Host licensing
VM Licensing
• Host licensing
– Requires Software Assurance (SA)
VM Licensing
• Host licensing
– Enterprise Edition only
VM Licensing
• Host licensing
– Can run Standard Edition using downgrade rights
VM Licensing
• Host licensing
• Per-VM licensing
VM Licensing
• Host licensing
– SA optional but needed for some features
VM Licensing
• Host licensing
– Any edition of SQL Server
VM Licensing
• Host licensing
– Can mix workloads
VM Licensing
• Host licensing
– Can mix workloads
– Cheaper much of the time
Host vs Per-VM Licensing

• Use host licensing for VMs if:
– Need Enterprise Edition of SQL Server on all VMs
– Host dedicated to VMs that run SQL Server only
– Number of VMs that would be hosted exceeds the
licensing requirements for per-VM licensing
Host vs Per-VM Licensing

• Use host licensing for VMs if:
– Need Enterprise Edition of SQL Server on all VMs
– Host dedicated to VMs that run SQL Server only
– Number of VMs that would be hosted exceeds the
licensing requirements for per-VM licensing
• Use VM licensing if:
– Don’t need Enterprise Edition on all servers
– Host will support a mixed workloads
– You don’t have an unlimited budget
– This model makes sense 90% of the time
Licensing data sheets and guides:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/sql-
server/Buy.aspx#Blocklistbuy
Robert L Davis
www.sqlsoldier.com
@SQLSoldier

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Licensing SQL Server Editions

SQL Server Edition Licensing Options

Licensing SQL Server Editions

SQL Server Edition Licensing Options

Licensing SQL Server Editions

SQL Server Edition Licensing Options

Licensing SQL Server Editions

SQL Server Edition Licensing Options

Feature differences between editions

Feature differences between editions

Feature differences between editions

NUMA Aware Large

Feature differences between editions

Software Assurance Benefits

Software Assurance Benefits

Software Assurance Benefits

Software Assurance Benefits

Software Assurance Benefits

Software Assurance Benefits

Software Assurance Benefits

Software Assurance Benefits

Software Assurance Benefits

Software Assurance Benefits

Software Assurance Benefits

Software Assurance Benefits

Software Assurance Benefits

Retail vs. volume licensing

Retail vs. volume licensing

Retail vs. volume licensing

Retail vs. volume licensing

Retail vs. volume licensing

Retail vs. volume licensing

Retail vs. volume licensing

Licensing for failover and disaster recovery

Licensing for failover and disaster recovery

Licensing for failover and disaster recovery

Licensing for failover and disaster recovery

Licensing for failover and disaster recovery

Host vs Per-VM Licensing

Host vs Per-VM Licensing

Licensing data sheets and guides:

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