Description:
A powerful Relational Database Management System that allows for the pulling together of database tables from different machines.

Licensing/Cost:
Stony Brook is continuing its participation in the SUNY-wide site license for Oracle Database products. While the license agreement is in force, it permits Stony Brook to use the Oracle Database products on any campus-owned computing platform. In return, Stony Brook pays a one-time participation fee, and a yearly license fee to join the Common SUNY Support Center at Buffalo State. Oracle is presently implemented on about 128 different computing platforms. Most of these are available at Stony Brook. If the particular product is not already on campus, the license manager, Sanjay Kapur, will request the appropriate software from the Common SUNY Support Center at Buffalo State. If the software exists at Buffalo, it will be shipped to Stony Brook over the SUNY DECNET network that night. If Buffalo does not have it, and it is determined that we are entitled to it under the terms of the SUNY-wide site license, the Common SUNY Support Center (CSSC) will request it from Oracle and send it to us as soon as possible.

Support:
Sanjay Kapur has been designated License Manager for this software at Stony Brook. As such, he will accept and fulfill requests for the Oracle software products. In addition, he is required to report to the Common SUNY Support Center (on a quarterly basis) the CPU serial numbers of all CPU's with Oracle installed. The large amount of different platforms and operating systems make local support extremely difficult. The CSSC has instituted an electronic mail system for answering questions concerning the various software products. It keeps questions and answers in a searchable database that can be referred to by support center personnel. The CSSC has the ability to go directly to Oracle for questions it cannot answer.

Notes:

• Oracle DBMS version 8 software is available for VAX/VMS Oracle Server for Netware and Sun Solaris.
• Oracle tools are available for VAX/VMS, Sun Solaris, MS-DOS, Windows and Mac OS.

Acquire From:
The DoIT Business Office by returning a completed Oracle Campus-wide Site License Agreement form.