The LPARs do not need to be in the same sysplex. This is one of the very interesting features of the Group Capacity Limit. Sites have asked for this for a very long, perhaps back to the beginning of Workload License Charges. You can now set this parameter for all LPARs, and achieve for example: "The Maximum Simultaneous 4-Hour Rolling Average MSUs That Are the Basis of SW Charges Should Never Be More Than a User Specified Number". Something like 85% of the Machine.
z/OS (WLM) and PR/SM will manage the Group Capacity for you. You can Also Have Multiple Groups regardless of Sysplex. Now you could limit the Maximum Simultaneous 4-Hour Rolling Average MSUs from the Testing LPARs to Be Less Than a User-Specified Number. I added 30+ pages to my WLC seminar to cover Group Capacity limits. Even more will be added when I actually have some data from a site using this new capability. To use this you need z/OS 1.8, and z9BC, z9EC at the appropriate hardware microcode level. Al Sherkow, I/S Management Strategies, Ltd. Consulting Expertise on Capacity Planning, Performance Tuning, WLC, LPARs, IRD and LCS Software Seminars on IBM SW Pricing, LPARs, and IRD Voice: +1 414 332-3062 Web: www.sherkow.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
