SQL Standard Edition Licensing Question

[gavm99]

Hi,

I have been told by a customer that because they have SQL 2008 Standard Edition, they can have SQL installed on two servers. One install being their live production server and the secondary being a backup server.

I have looked into it, and I can't find anything anywhere that states you can have two installations.

Has anyone else heard of this? Any advice?

Thanks.

Gavin Moorhouse

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[JayKusch]

That is not permitted ... you can have multiple "instance" of SQL server but it has to be on the same physical machine.

Having a backup and a production server would require 2 licenses.

Thanks

J. Kusch

 

[gavm99]

Hi Jay,

Thanks for the response.

I spoke directly to Microsoft today and they told me that having SQL installed on a backup server, which is only for backup purposes, is fine!!!

Thanks.

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