Virtual CPU - BO CPU based License Query

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Hi BertDijks,

Can you please link to an SAP official statement that would support your opinion? Or why do you think licensing on vmware works as you described?

People from their experience say something different, please see this topic:

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My company has a single CPU license for Business Objects Professional XI. We purchased and setup the server in 2007. We put the application on a server with VMWare. The physical server has 2 quad core processors but within VMWare we only dedicated one processor to the installation containing Business Objects. We are being audited by SAP and now they want us to purchase the licences for the 2 processor quad core installation even though we only gave the application 1 processor via vmware. I …

And there are more topics on this forum where BO users say the same - I mean, the opposite of what you are saying.

Thank you.

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Marek Chladny (BOB member since 2003-11-27)