March 4, 2003 at 8:53 am
All,
I'm about to install a new instance on a SQL server standard edition. Looking at the Microsoft Licensing website, it looks like you need additional licenses for installing another instance on SQL server 2000 Standard Edition. My question is: if I have a 4 processor SQL 2000 standard edition and I want to install another instance on that box. Will I need an additional 4 licenses for this new instance? Thanks for your help.
Marco Ramirez
March 5, 2003 at 5:06 am
Actually look here at the EULA
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/serverproc.asp
The place that concerns me most is item a. under section 1 "Grant of License"
quote:
a. Server Software. You may install one copy of the Server Software on a single Server. If the Server has more than one processor, you must obtain a separate license for each processor on that Server. You may use the Server Software only with that number of processors for which you are properly licensed, as set forth above. You may use the Management Tools, Books-Online, and Development Tools components of Microsoft SQL Server (collectively "Tools") solely for internal use in conjunction with your Server Software. SQL Server, Enterprise Edition. If you have acquired the Enterprise Edition of the Server Software, you may also install any number of instances of the Server Software on the Server for use by any processor for which you have acquired a license. An "instance" shall mean a running copy of the Server Software.
And now see here http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/multipleinstances.asp
quote:
Licensing SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition enables customers to run multiple instances on a single server or processor and only license once. This is not the case for SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition: each instance of SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition on a computer must be licensed separately.
In other words Standard requires licensing for every processor on the machine for eah instance.
So you need 2-4 processor licensed Standard Editions.
However, I strongly suggest you contact MS.
March 5, 2003 at 10:37 am
I agree with Antares. You need another 4 licenses. Is this a web server backend? If so, why do you need another instance?
Steve Jones
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