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Hi Tony, we don't licence per instance, but Windows server. Thus you can have as many instances on a single server, and it would just be a single licence. If https://documentation.red-gate.com/sm/getting-started/licensing isn't clear, please let us know.
From your description above, you would need 4 licences, one per node of your cluster as you said; and if you add more SQL instances to node 1/node 2 (or 3/4!), this requirement will not change. -
Yes, you’re correct that for the current setup with 4 SQL nodes, you would need 4 licenses for the 4 active instances. If you add 2 more SQL instances on Node1 and Node2, you would need to purchase additional licenses for those instances, as licensing typically counts based on active SQL instances rather than just the nodes.
Also, if you're looking for ways to optimize other aspects of your setup, a rutificador tool might come in handy for streamlining things.
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Im planning to buy license for SQL Monitoring unfortunately having a little bit confuse on licensing calculation. So, would you pleased if could consult me how many licenses and what they are that I need to buy for our my current system as the following:
- I have 4 nodes that run MSSQL 2016 Enterprise on windows 2016 Standard server:
Node1 and node2 have configured to run FCI with 2 instances which active instance run on each node.
Regarding node3,4 also the same above, they have configured to run FCI with 2 instances (different 2 above instaces) which active instance run on each node.
So, in this case the number of SQL Monitoring license i need to equip is 4 for 4 SQL nodes right, am I correct?
How about if I add 2 more SQL instances run FCI on node1 and node2, do I need to buy more license for these additional instances or licensing just count on SQL node only?
Thanks so much.