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SQL Server fail-over (passive) rights

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Restriction
Statement
PT-SQL: For each Primary Workload, Customer is entitled to one Fail-over OSE for any purpose including high availability on any Server (subject to Outsourcing Software Management); plus two disaster-recovery Fail-over OSEs — one on any Server and one on Microsoft Azure servers (AHB vCore ratio). “Fail-over OSEs may not serve SQL Server data to users or devices or otherwise run active SQL Server workloads.” The number of licenses that otherwise would be required for a Fail-over OSE must not exceed the number required for the corresponding Primary Workload. “These fail-over rights require SA for both the Licensed Server and CALs, if any, and do not apply when Customer deploys SQL Software under License Mobility through SA.”
Applies when
Using SQL Server fail-over rights granted with Software Assurance (not when deploying under License Mobility through SA).
Applies to
SQL Server Primary Workloads licensed under Per Core or Server/CAL, with SA on the Licensed Server and CALs if any. Does not apply under License Mobility through SA.
Aliases
SQL fail-over; passive instance; HA/DR replica
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