Log Shipping and SQL Server Licence Requirement

Given that the secondary server can be configured in standby mode, what is
the minimum SQL Server licensing requirement for the secondary server?
thanks in advance
James
The "secondary server" is not in standby mode, only the database(s) you log ship is. So you need a
license for that server as well. See http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/faq.asp
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
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"James-Aus" <JamesAus@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Given that the secondary server can be configured in standby mode, what is
> the minimum SQL Server licensing requirement for the secondary server?
> thanks in advance
> James
|||The EULA states that the passive node in a cluster configuration as well as
the SQL Server hosting only standby databases in a log-shipping
configuration may be hosted for disaster recovery purposes as long as SQL
Server is licensed for the host with the most CPUs if one were licensed
under the per-processor mode.
For CAL based installations, it is the number of CALs that need to be kept
up to date, but the SQL Server host that is acting in a passive capacity can
be installed under the active's license as long as only one is active at any
given moment.
Sincerely,
Anthony Thomas

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The "secondary server" is not in standby mode, only the database(s) you
log ship is. So you need a
license for that server as well. See
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/faq.asp
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
http://www.sqlug.se/
"James-Aus" <JamesAus@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Given that the secondary server can be configured in standby mode, what
is
> the minimum SQL Server licensing requirement for the secondary server?
> thanks in advance
> James
|||That doesn't goes with the FAQ page I referred to:
Q. If I am doing log shipping in an active/passive failover configuration, how should I
license the backup server?
A. In this scenario, the active and passive servers must be licensed identically, so that the
passive server can process the same workload as the active server in the event of a failover.
Makes one wonder whether to go by the EULA or the FAQ page. I guess that the EULA is more legally
binding, so I would carefully read the text...
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
http://www.sqlug.se/
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> The EULA states that the passive node in a cluster configuration as well as
> the SQL Server hosting only standby databases in a log-shipping
> configuration may be hosted for disaster recovery purposes as long as SQL
> Server is licensed for the host with the most CPUs if one were licensed
> under the per-processor mode.
> For CAL based installations, it is the number of CALs that need to be kept
> up to date, but the SQL Server host that is acting in a passive capacity can
> be installed under the active's license as long as only one is active at any
> given moment.
> Sincerely,
>
> Anthony Thomas
>
> --
> "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote
> in message news:%23ASMAQj8EHA.3236@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> The "secondary server" is not in standby mode, only the database(s) you
> log ship is. So you need a
> license for that server as well. See
> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/faq.asp
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
> http://www.sqlug.se/
>
> "James-Aus" <JamesAus@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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|||I believe MS wants you license the warm standby as a production server.
Hence, it needs to have money spent on it..
Eric D. Smith
St. Louis, MO
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> That doesn't goes with the FAQ page I referred to:
> Q. If I am doing log shipping in an active/passive failover
configuration, how should I
> license the backup server?
>
> A. In this scenario, the active and passive servers must be
licensed identically, so that the
> passive server can process the same workload as the active server in the
event of a failover.
>
> Makes one wonder whether to go by the EULA or the FAQ page. I guess that
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> binding, so I would carefully read the text...
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
> http://www.sqlug.se/
>
> "AnthonyThomas" <Anthony.Thomas@.CommerceBank.com> wrote in message
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