Yes, the Licenses sold by Sun were concurrent user based. Those are not transferrable by purchasing a Sun Ray client off of ebay. Those are Licenses to connect to the Sun Ray software and are owned by the organization deploying the software.
You need licenses for Sun Ray software to connect your clients. On Sep 23, 2011, at 7:57 AM, William Yang wrote: > Weren’t the old licenses concurrent user-based? Are those non-transferable? > > From: sunray-users-boun...@filibeto.org > [mailto:sunray-users-boun...@filibeto.org] On Behalf Of Brad > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 10:38 AM > To: SunRay-Users mailing list > Subject: Re: [SunRay-Users] Sun Ray 1 > > > On Sep 23, 2011, at 7:26 AM, Jim Klimov wrote: > > > 2011-09-23 18:01, Johny Crown пишет: > > Hello, > > I am trying to find, and it seems I can't, what is the newer version of > Solaris/SRS that I can install on a e250 server with about 16 SunRay 1. > Can anyone tell me where should I find this information? > > Thanks, > Johny > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > SunRay-Users@filibeto.org > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users > > I believe the best supported version would be the most recent Solaris 10, > if e250 can cope with that, or try the latest updates to Solaris 8/9 - > but I guess they are unsupported now, so you're on your own (with the > help of the community ;). > > Probably the latest SRSS (5.2) would be okay, downloadable from Oracle > e-Delivery site. Actually in the Admin Guide or Release notes (or on > the Wiki page) you can find the list of officially supported OSes... > > I do not know how legal this installation would be - if you just take > and install the latest and greatest Solaris and SRSS without paying > Oracle for software nor support. > > Actually I'd love to hear on that from the list's experts: can the > Sun/Oracle software be used for free in production (without asking > for support) according to currently active rules? > > Sun Ray software cannot be used for free. The eDelivery download is a trial. > You must license your Software with either the "Named User" or "Sun Ray > Device" license. One method licenses devices connecting or specific users. We > do not have a concurrent licensing model. > > Oracle also stresses the importance of purchasing support. There are patches > that are released to My Oracle Support in between major releases. Also Oracle > has a policy that if you need support after the license purchase time, you > need to pay a "true-up" fee. > > I definitely urge everyone on this list to read the Oracle Licensing rules > for exact details so that you know if you are in compliance or not. > > > I believe somebody sometime has already paid for RTU when the DTUs > were originally purchased. What if that was a different end-user > (i.e. for DTUs found from Amazon/eBay)? Must RTU be purchased again? > > > The Sun Ray "RTU" does not follow the device. The license you purchase is for > Sun Ray Software to allow clients to connect. Whether it's OVDC or a physical > Sun Ray connecting, your Sun Ray software needs to be licensed for those > connections. > > Brad > > > Regarding the server, how much RAM/CPU is there? 16 terminal users > may or may not be too much for it, unless they are doing something > trivial like "uttsc" sessions to connect to Windows servers, or > running as kiosks with informative billboards... > > //Jim > > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > SunRay-Users@filibeto.org > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users > > > Brad Lackey | Technical Enablement Manager > Mobile: +13038758616 > Oracle Global Desktop Virtualization > San Diego , CA > > > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > SunRay-Users@filibeto.org > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users Brad Lackey | Technical Enablement Manager Mobile: +13038758616 Oracle Global Desktop Virtualization San Diego , CA
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