Oracle Database and WebLogic Server licensing in cloud environments

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  • Updated July 31, 2025
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    Summary of Oracle Database and WebLogic Server licensing in cloud environments

    The Software Asset Management (SAM) application within ServiceNow supports licensing rules for Oracle Database and WebLogic Server specifically in cloud environments. It enables customers to track and manage licenses across hybrid infrastructures by supporting Bring Your Own License (BYOL) for these Oracle products both on-premises and in public clouds.

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    Key Features

    • BYOL Support: SAM supports BYOL licensing for Oracle Database and WebLogic Server, allowing customers to use existing licenses flexibly across on-premise and cloud deployments.
    • License Metrics: Customers can license Oracle cloud deployments using either Named User Plus (licenses all users and physical devices accessing the service) or Per Processor (licenses the virtual CPUs) models.
    • Cloud Platform Specifics: The application supports Oracle licensing on major cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.
    • Hyper-threading Consideration: For both AWS and Azure, if hyper-threading is enabled on the virtual machine, SAM counts one Per Processor license for every two vCPUs. Without hyper-threading, one license is counted per vCPU.
    • Platform Services: On AWS, Oracle Databases can be managed via EC2 or RDS, while WebLogic servers are managed exclusively via EC2. On Azure, Oracle products run on virtual machines with licensing managed accordingly.

    Practical Implications for ServiceNow Customers

    • Use SAM to accurately track and manage Oracle licenses across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments to ensure compliance and optimize license utilization.
    • Choose the appropriate license metric (Named User Plus or Per Processor) based on your cloud deployment and user access scenarios.
    • Account for hyper-threading settings on cloud VMs when calculating Per Processor licenses to avoid under- or over-licensing.
    • Leverage SAM’s integration with AWS and Azure to support enterprise cloud adoption strategies involving Oracle Database and WebLogic Server.

    The Software Asset Management application supports licensing rules for Oracle Database and WebLogic Server in cloud environments.

    Important:
    The Software Asset Management application supports Bring Your Own License (BYOL) for Oracle Database and WebLogic servers across hybrid infrastructures. With BYOL support, you can track licenses for your Oracle Database and WebLogic servers in both on-premise and public cloud environments. For more information about Oracle BYOL support, see Bring your own license or subscription to the public cloud.

    When you install or run an Oracle database or WebLogic server in the cloud, you can license it using either the Named User Plus or Per Processor license metric. The Named User Plus license metric licenses all users and physical devices that access an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic server. The Per Processor license metric licenses the virtual CPUs (vCPUs) on which you install or run an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic server.

    Note:
    The Oracle Processor Core Factor Table is not applicable in cloud environments.

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud computing platform on which you can install and run Oracle databases and WebLogic servers. You can manage your Oracle databases on AWS using either Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) or Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). However, you can manage your Oracle WebLogic servers using only Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). For more information on Amazon EC2, refer to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud documentation. For more information on Amazon RDS, refer to the Amazon Relational Database Service documentation.

    If you enable hyper-threading on your AWS virtual machine instance, the Software Asset Management application provides one Per Processor license for every two vCPUs on which you install or run an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic server. If you do not enable hyper-threading, the Software Asset Management application provides one Per Processor license for every vCPU on which you install or run an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic server.

    For more information on Oracle databases and WebLogic servers in AWS, see Oracle Database on the AWS Cloud: Quick Start Reference Deployment.

    Microsoft Azure

    Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform on which you can create and run Oracle databases and WebLogic servers.

    If you enable hyper-threading on your Microsoft Azure virtual machine instance, the Software Asset Management application provides one Per Processor license for every two vCPUs on which you install or run an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic server. If you do not enable hyper-threading, the Software Asset Management application provides one Per Processor license for every vCPU on which you install or run an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic server.

    For more information on Oracle databases and WebLogic servers in Microsoft Azure, see Accelerate your cloud adoption with Microsoft and Oracle.