Richards.Bob wrote:
Radoslaw,
What Al said *is* 100% true. However, if you have lpars inactive for the
entire reporting month, there is no requirement to send data. If, on the
other hand and as you pointed out, you bring them up at anytime during
the month, there *is* a requirement to collect the SMF data and do the
reporting.
There is also no excuse for not collecting SMF data from your sandbox
lpars. The T&Cs *do not* give you the leeway of making that
determination on your own. If you have been getting away with not
reporting on them, know this...IBM has the right at any time to bill you
at full capacity.
That's also contrary to the answer got from IBM.
Whom to believe ?
BTW: T&C's does not mention not-IPLed LPARs (note: inactive LPAR could
also mean LPAR which is not activated). So no requirement is someone's
assumption, isn't it ?
As to your "one lpar" comment, remember SCRT is not an lpar usage tool,
but a CEC usage tool, as Al pointed out. I collect for over 20 lpars and
SCRT runs quite fast the one time a month I run it.
Even single LPAR contains data about other LPARs capacity. AFAIK you can
run RMF reports covering all LPAR CPU usage.
--
Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
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