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The last order date for the Voucher is June 30, 2006. Customers may redeem the voucher on the SDLC through the 30 day period ending July 30, 2006. Customers may continue to order the July 2006 kit on the web through August 30, 2006.
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Yes. All customers with an existing subscription will continue to receive their EduSoft Academic Edition media kits though the complete duration of their subscription. A complete subscription cycle includes a base kit, two update kits and a final kit. |
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In November 2005, Sun announced the Solaris Enterprise System. The Solaris Enterprise System allows for no cost licensing for:
- Evaluation use. You may evaluate Software internally for a period of 90 days from your first use.
- Research and Instructional Use. You may use software internally to design, develop and test and also to provide instruction on such uses.
- Individual Use. You may use Software internally for personal, individual use.
- Commercial Use. You may use Software internally for your own commercial purposes.
- Service Provider Use. You may make Software functionality accessible (but not by providing Software itself or through outsourcing services) to your end users in an extranet deployment, but not to your affiliated companies or to government agencies.
In summary, the Solaris Enterprise System Allows for no COST licensing for ANY type of usage but with no support nor warranty. Customers can get, test,evaluate, deploy with NO LIMITATIONS all the stack. The license terms, scope of the software made available, the flexibility of downloading just the software needed provides Education customers with a more flexible and cost effective offering.
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Yes. The Solaris Enterprise System 8 DVD kit can be ordered on-line or through a partner.
- To purchase the Solaris Enterprise System direct and/or through a partner (Oracle)
#SOLZ9-100C9A7M. $30 (28.95Euro) US Discount Category B
- To purchase the Solaris Enterprise System 8 DVD Media Kit (Online)
Note that this part # provides a one time shipment of the Solaris Enterprise System media kit. In order to secure the 8 DVD Solaris Enterprise System kit and three updates, you should purchase a Solaris Service plan and purchase the media kit update option described in Question #5 below.
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Updates are now provided through Solaris Service Plans. If you already have a Standard or Premium Plan you will be provided with online updates. If you wish to receive an media kit update you will need to order either:
- The push (kit is scheduled for automatic shipment) media kit- $252 SSOL-P-MEDIA or
- The pull (customer needs to request the kit) media kit- $120. SSOL-MEDIA
If you do not have an existing Standard or Premium Solaris Service Plan, you can purchase one or purchase a new Solaris Service Plan Basic Tier which will be available July 11, 2006.
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The Solaris Basic Service Plan is Sun's least expensive support plan, it includes:
- On-line System Administration Resources. Customers will have around the clock access to a variety of exclusive technical resources including access to: Sun Solve knowledge base, Sun System Handbook. Complete collection of technical artifacts, features and security papers.
- Support Notification Services. Customers receive all Sun Alerts for covered products, including those for which Sun is still working on a fix. While this may sound premature, this early warning system helps you get a jump start on risk mitigation. In addition, Sun provides special content in the BigAdmin newsletter to keep you up-to-date on Sun Service Plan enhancements.
- Solaris OS Updates. Solaris named releases Solaris updates and software updates. Solaris 10 OS is free to download, but a Sun Service Plan is required to receive the majority of ongoing updates and patches. Service plan customers receive notification of update availability and electronic access, as well as access to patch management tools. (If customer purchase a pull or push media update, they receive the 8 DVD media kit update of the entire Solaris Enterprise System ? not just the OS).
- Sun Update Connection. Customers receive automatic notification of new Solaris software updates. You have a secure service connection for intelligent update management through a single-system local GUI (Sun Update Manager) or CLI (smpatch), or multi-system remote updating from an easy-to-use web interface. For more information, see Sun Update Connection.
Sun Update Connection does not currently support Solaris 8 and 9. Solaris Service Plan customers with Solaris 8 and 9 can access updates via Sun Patch Manager.
- Educational Services. The Solaris 10 Overview web-based course gives you a good grounding from which to begin. Our Skills Assessment helps you identify strengths and skill gaps. With a Premium or Standard Service Plan, you also receive the Perform System Boot Procedures course.
For more detailed information on what is included in the Solaris Support Plan Basic Tier see website.
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Pricing for Solaris Service Plans Basic Tier for Education can be found on our website.
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Yes. The software received through the initial download or media kit purchase or through updates can be distributed through the University intranet. The Solaris Enterprise System licensing terms allow for Research and Instructional Use, Commercial Use and Service Provider Use. However, the benefits of Sun Update Connection are tied to a specific system. To insure automated receipt of regular updates and patches it is recommended that you purchase the tier which covers the number of systems in the University
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The benefit to buying a Basic Tier service plan to replace the EduSoft Academic Edition media kit subscription is that in a large university enterprise, distribution of patches and updates may be delayed. Researchers and teachers who need the convenience of regular updates delivered to their department may benefit from the convenience of delivery of the media kit.
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- For a complete list of the Software which is included please see our web site.
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There were two software products which were available in the EduSoft Academic Edition media kit which are not available in Solaris Enterprise System. These are: Sun StorEdge Utilization Suite and SAM-FS 4.4 L10N and Sun StorEdge Performance Suite 4.4 and SAM-QFS L10N. These products will continue to be available at no cost to license on the EduSoft Download Site.
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Without a Service Plan, customers are not entitled to telephone support, on-line staffed support nor education services. However all registered customers are able to access select portions of the self-help content made available through the sun.com web site. All registered customers are also able to use Sun Update Connection service for intelligent software update services for single or multiple systems. Note that only a portion of software updates are available for registered customers without a Service Plan.
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With a service plan, software updates are made available individually to customers as soon as the updates are released, allowing customers to decide if and when they want to adopt a specific feature. Without a plan, registered customers can only get software updates rolled all together into a complete OS release, and only when the complete OS release is made available on a periodic basis with timing determined by the Sun release process. Security software updates and driver updates are exceptions. These are made available individually as soon as they are released to registered customers with or without service plans. |
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In order to use the Solaris 10 software for perpetual commercial use, you must obtain the Entitlement Document. The Entitlement Document is delivered to you either with a new Sun machine, from Sun Service as part of your service agreement, or via email when you register your machines through the Sun Download Center. For this reason, ensure that you have the correct email address in your Sun Download Center account before trying to register your Solaris 10 machines. If you do not receive the Entitlement Document, you are only allowed to use the software for 90 days of evaluation usage.
The Entitlement Document is an adjunct to the Software License Agreement (SLA), which always accompanies the Solaris Operating System software. The SLA sets forth the terms under which Sun Microsystems, Inc. allows an end user to use the Solaris software for evaluation purposes for 90 days and is a binding legal agreement between Sun and the end user. End users should be sure to review the SLA in its entirety; any legal questions should be directed to the end user's own legal counsel.
Please note that because the license granted by Sun is non-transferable, end users may not give the Solaris software to any third party. |
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Yes. Customers will be able to print a copy of the entitlement document when they register their Solaris installation at http://sun.com/solaris. If a customer does not have access to the web, he or she should contact a Sun sales representative to register their software and receive the RTU. |
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The Software License Agreement included with the media only allows evaluation use of the software. To obtain the right-to-use (RTU/Entitlement) for unlimited use of Solaris 10, the customer must register their Solaris installations to receive the Entitlement document, which provides the additional terms and perpetual right to use Solaris.
Customers can download the Solaris software for free at http://sun.com/solaris. They will register and be able to print their RTU as part of the download process.
Customers who purchase the physical media kit will need to register at the link provided at http://sun.com/solaris. They will be then have access to the RTU to print or download for their records. and receive the Entitlement document, which provides the additional terms and perpetual right to use Solaris.
New Sun Ultra-SPARC hardware is automatically licensed to use the currently available versions of the Solaris OS. No registration is required for these customers.
If a customer does not have access to the web, he or she should contact a Sun sales representative to register their software.
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For more information on the EduSoft Transition please feel free to send us an email. |
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