As you've been told set Defined Capacities for your LPAR(s), and/or if there are multiple LPARs an LPAR Group Capacity Limit.
Of course you must be on an IBM sub-capacity pricing metric. If your prime shift is really at 20%, then set the cap very low. This will slow down the batch and help control the cost. If you're on sub-cap then the 3 hours of batch at 100% is driving your bill. 3 hours at 100% and 1 hour at 5% (a guess for an idle system) has a 4 hour rolling average of 305/400=76%. If you limit it you can lower your costs. You might consider an independent consultant to help with the pricing analysis... 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
