Bring Your Own License - Teradata Software for Azure

To deploy in any supported Azure US Government region, you must use BYOL.

The quantity of Teradata Database licenses is expressed in TCores. TCore values are based on the vCPU count and throughput of each supported VM size. Adding nodes increases the required TCores. The quantity of TCores affects the performance capabilities of the system. Less TCores means fewer virtual CPUs. More TCores allow you to deploy more virtual CPUs.

TCores can be activated, revoked, and redeployed on public cloud platforms where Teradata Database is offered. They are portable between public cloud platforms. If you want your TCores to be portable between a public cloud platform and Teradata® IntelliCloud™ or an on-premises system, contact your Teradata Account Team.

An entitlement provides you the right to use Teradata software. To view and manage your Teradata license entitlements, go to https://slem.teradata.com/ecp. See the Teradata® Entitlement Management System (EMS) Customer User Guide. When deploying a Teradata ecosystem, each Teradata Database VM automatically requests a license activation from https://slem.teradata.com. If additional TCores are needed to properly license the software, contact your Teradata Account Team.

A BYOL entitlement is for a specific tier of Teradata Database software only. You cannot take a BYOL entitlement from one tier and apply it to another tier.

To use BYOL, you must first deploy a Teradata Database ecosystem using the appropriate solution template. After deploying Teradata Database (with or without additional products in the ecosystem), you can launch additional Teradata software products separately.

To renew a license, contact your Teradata Account Team.

After a license expires, periodic database restarts occur and eventually the database is disabled.