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  • February 17, 2014 at 6:55 pm

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    EdVassie (2/17/2014)

    If your CAL licences are valid and you are changing to Core licensing, then you may not need to do anything within SQL Server.

    If your core licenses are for less cores than shown in Windows, then you need to do is to set processor affinity within SQL Server for the number of core licenses you hold.

    Maybe both of you might be interested in this[/url].

    I would be inclined to either true up on cores, or consider hardware to match the licensing if possible.

    Even memory on NUMA architecture needs to be thought out.

    Just tossing in RAM chips to hit a number may not work as expected.