Interesting. But that seems at odds with the deal we worked out with our local IBM marketeers for two z196 EC's, each with 16 IFLs and 32TB of storage; and two z/VM 6.1 licenses, and the all many IBM and ISV products we needed - with IBM owing *us* money instead of having to pay them anything! Each month we receive a large check by certified mail, and as we add IFLs and software the amount of the check increases.
The devil is in the details - so pay close attention to the date of this note. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Alan Altmark" <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 04/01/2011 02:55 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: z/VM and Linux On Friday, 04/01/2011 at 03:32 EDT, "Hughes, Jim" <jim.hug...@doit.nh.gov> wrote: > Is there an additional z/VM charge when running Linux in an IFL? We > already have z/VM 5.4 on a z/10. > > Just curious. Been out of the loop on licensing charges for a while. The charge for z/VM does not change based on the guests that are running, but on the CPUs available to z/VM. - If you have a z/VM LPAR on a CEC that contains GPs, count all GPs on the CEC. - If you have a z/VM LPAR on a CEC that contains IFLs, count all IFLs on the CEC. - Repeat for each CEC that has z/VM on it. (The CECs must have the same Enterprise ID.) - Add all the CPU numbers together. The price of z/VM is based on that total. Note that as the number of CPUs goes up, the average z/VM license cost per CPU goes down. (At your 4th CPU you start to see the price go down.) Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
