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What factors govern the ype of Solaris licence required to run Solaris lawfully on a Sun system?

April 26, 2017factors govern lawfully licence run Solaris Sun system type

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What factors govern the ype of Solaris licence required to run Solaris lawfully on a Sun system?

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A. Only two factors govern the type of licence you need to obtain in order to run Solaris lawfully on a system which has not been supplied with a valid Solaris licence (e.g obtained from an unauthorised source,etc). The first is the version of Solaris you wish to use (i.e Solaris 8, 9 or 10) and secondly the potential CPU capacity of the system. Solaris licences are sized on the basis of the number of CPUs a system can hold as opposed to the current physical configuration. For example, in order for a 4-way V890 to run Solaris 9 it will require an 8-way Solaris 9 licence.