4 CPU's on app server, can I buy only 1 license?

On a the db server, you can configure the db engine to only use 1 CPU
and therefore only have to purchase 1 SQL Server license. But on my app
server that has 4 CPU's, can I configure RS 2000 to only take advantage
of 1 of those CPU's and therefore only have to purchase 1 license for
the app server? How do I configure this on the app server side?On Jan 17, 1:21 pm, "Dave" <macleary2...@.yahoo.com> wrote:
> On a the db server, you can configure the db engine to only use 1 CPU
> and therefore only have to purchase 1 SQL Server license. But on my app
> server that has 4 CPU's, can I configure RS 2000 to only take advantage
> of 1 of those CPU's and therefore only have to purchase 1 license for
> the app server? How do I configure this on the app server side?
bumped. Anyone have an answer to this? Also, can this be done in RS
2005 and/or RS 2000? Or neither? Thanks.|||Hello,
If you have licensing per processor on application server you have to
purchase licenses
for all processors that are used by operating system on this server.
Microsoft says:
"Per-processor licensing. Required for extranet or Internet deployments.
Requires a single license for each CPU in the operating system instance
running Reporting Services. "
You can't set Reporting Services to use only one processor and purchase only
one per-processor license whereas operating systems uses all 4 processors.
In this situation Reporting Services might use only one CPU directly but
indirectly might use all 4 processors.
So that licenses for all processors are required.
Best Regards,
Radoslaw Lebkowski
Uzytkownik "Dave" <macleary2000@.yahoo.com> napisal w wiadomosci
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> On Jan 17, 1:21 pm, "Dave" <macleary2...@.yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On a the db server, you can configure the db engine to only use 1 CPU
>> and therefore only have to purchase 1 SQL Server license. But on my app
>> server that has 4 CPU's, can I configure RS 2000 to only take advantage
>> of 1 of those CPU's and therefore only have to purchase 1 license for
>> the app server? How do I configure this on the app server side?
> bumped. Anyone have an answer to this? Also, can this be done in RS
> 2005 and/or RS 2000? Or neither? Thanks.
>

3-nodes SQL Server 2000 Cluster

Hi there,
Just want to know is it possbile to configure a 3-nodes (A/A/P) SQL
Server 2000 cluster running on Windows 2000 advance OS? Btw, any
website or whitepaper can I refer to?
Thanks in advance!
Dicky
Yes it is possible. No, I am unaware of any particular documentation. What
you are actually looking at is a three-node, two-instance SQL Cluster.
Follow the normal cluster build process, except where you would normally do
something with "the other node" think "the other nodes".
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"dickym" <dickymok@.esdlife.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
> Just want to know is it possbile to configure a 3-nodes (A/A/P) SQL
> Server 2000 cluster running on Windows 2000 advance OS? Btw, any
> website or whitepaper can I refer to?
> Thanks in advance!
> Dicky
>
|||Nope, Windows 2000 only supports 2 nodes. Migrate to Windows Server 2003
Windows 2000 is not longer supported and I would not even consider it for a
HA solution today.
Cheers,
Rod
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
"dickym" <dickymok@.esdlife.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
> Just want to know is it possbile to configure a 3-nodes (A/A/P) SQL
> Server 2000 cluster running on Windows 2000 advance OS? Btw, any
> website or whitepaper can I refer to?
> Thanks in advance!
> Dicky
>
|||Woops. Rodney is correct. I read that as SQL 2000, not Windows 2000. You
will need Windows 2003 as the base OS.
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"Geoff N. Hiten" <SQLCraftsman@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Yes it is possible. No, I am unaware of any particular documentation.
> What you are actually looking at is a three-node, two-instance SQL
> Cluster. Follow the normal cluster build process, except where you would
> normally do something with "the other node" think "the other nodes".
> --
> Geoff N. Hiten
> Senior Database Administrator
> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>
>
> "dickym" <dickymok@.esdlife.com> wrote in message
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>
|||Thanks a lot, all! All you said is I have to upgrade Windows 2003
Enterprise version for a 3-nodes cluster.
|||Yes. That is pretty much all it takes.
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"dickym" <dickymok@.esdlife.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks a lot, all! All you said is I have to upgrade Windows 2003
> Enterprise version for a 3-nodes cluster.
>
|||Hey, Geoff, I don't mean to step into all of your conversations.
I did want to add, however, that although WINDOWS 2K3 EE supports up to
8-node clusters, SQL SERVER 2K, 32 bit will only support up to 4-node
clusters. Before you purchase your OS, seriously consider the IA-64
platform, the license is the same and is transferable from the 32-bit
architecture.
And, the "Liberty" build included the support for 8-nodes.
Sincerely,
Anthony Thomas
"Geoff N. Hiten" <SQLCraftsman@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Yes. That is pretty much all it takes.
> --
> Geoff N. Hiten
> Senior Database Administrator
> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>
> "dickym" <dickymok@.esdlife.com> wrote in message
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>