Tracking technology license usage

I am looking for ideas/samples of how other Oracle customers track the usage/allocation of their Oracle licensing. This is especially complicated with the technology since most of it is CPU based and must be monitored closely as environments are created/retired. I would like to associate IAS, DB, RAC, and other licensing to the server used, instance supported, and other data.
I have searched for free-ware that I could adapt, but nothing really exists for this. It is all focused on searching desktops for local installs. Before I create my own spreadsheet/db tool I thought I would ask the greater Oracle community for ideas.
Doug

Hi Doug,
I'll just start by saying that I'd like to see more posts like yours. Hope this will turn out a great discussion.
OTN is missing a licensing-related forum currently (as far as I know). Even though it is a matter that really could use some community 'crunching'.
We are tracking use and license metrics with help of a simple spreadsheet. For us it seems less complicated just because it is cpu/core/sockets based. I guess it depends on the environments and standards. (Keeping up with change in agreements and other such matters, on the other hand, seems harder.)
For the big picture, the different license models and compliance tools is becoming a bigger issue to manage. (a full time job role)
As a related matter.. with virtualisation it has become harder to manage the costs involved, if you want to charge (internal) customers per exact usage, and the distribution of costs for new investments (when crossing capacity borders).
About that tool... I'd also be interested in hearing from the community...!

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