Attribute

Setting

Document title

C4O - Oracle Transactions – Database Instances

Document subject

Understanding the function of the Database Instances screen

Document version

1a

Document category

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Document published date

21/01/2025

Technical level

100

Hosting type

On premise & SaaS provisioned

Product name

Certero for Oracle

Product version

8.x

Module

Certero for Oracle Database

Connector

Certero for Oracle Database Database Connector

Associated Module

Oracle

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Field

Description

Instance

It is a set of memory structures that manage database files. It runs in memory on a specific computer at a specific time.

Database

It is a set of physical files on disk created by the CREATE DATABASE statement. It is what's written in physical files on disk.

Hostname

This is the host in which the Database is installed. For Hard / Soft partitioned environments then it’s the logical server on which the Database is installed.

Physical Host

Where Hard / Soft partitioning is being used then this is the physical host that’s hosting the virtual host. Where no Hard / Soft partitioning is not been used then this would be the same as the ‘Hostname’.

Processors

This is the quantity of the specific processors which on the associated Physical Host.

Licensable Processors

This value is calculated using the total processors * the cores on each Processor. The license core factor is then factored in (where applicable) and a total number of licensable processors is created.

UPU

This is the unit of platform dependent processing power (UPU) for the associated host. It was introduced in some licensing principles in the late 1990 but was retired early in the 2000s.