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Business Objects Licence: physical server vs Virtual

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Hi,

We are planning on moving to a new server while we are migrating from BusinessObjects 4.1 to 4.2.

We are currently running on a physical box with our "old" CPU based licence that allows us for a 1 socket 6 cores CPU.

Is there anything preventing us from migrating to a virtual server with the same specification (1 socket 6 cores) from the licence perspective?

Any information would be appreciated.

Regards,

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Joe_Peters
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YES - check your software license. Older BO licenses do not explicitly mention virtualization, and were interpreted by SAP as requiring the entire physical host to be licensed. That is, an 8-CPU VM on a 64-CPU host would require a license for 64 CPUs.

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denis_konovalov
Active Contributor
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You should check licensing questions directly with SAP, contact CIC from Support Portal or your SAP representative.
Asking in the forum might not be the best option for this.