Hi, Tom. It is my understanding that you license z/VM by the number of engines installed in the system, whether they are active or not. Of course, the best place to go for a definitive answer is your local IBM sale rep or business partner.
Good luck. DJ On 10/16/2012 09:42 AM, Tom Ambros wrote: > Hypothetically speaking, if one acquired a processor with x number of > active IFL features but did not have workload for all x IFLs from the > outset, is it possible to license zVM and associated products for a subset > of the IFLs and when the workload grows license the rest of the IFLs later > on? I see the 'unassigned IFL' feature on the older machines but if I > understand that correctly it would mean a change to the installed features > later on which I do not believe will be possible with the approach we're > looking at. > > Forgive me, also, for this is a parallel query to one with my branch. > We're sort of in a time constraint so I'm chasing all avenues. > > Thanks... > > Thomas Ambros > Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering > 518-436-6433 > > > > This communication may contain privileged and/or confidential information. It > is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing > or using any of this information. If you received this communication in > error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its > entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. This communication may contain > nonpublic personal information about consumers subject to the restrictions of > the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. You may not directly or indirectly reuse or > redisclose such information for any purpose other than to provide the > services for which you are receiving the information. > > 127 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44114 > If you prefer not to receive future e-mail offers for products or services > from Key > send an e-mail to mailto:[email protected] with 'No Promotional E-mails' in > the > SUBJECT line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > -- Dave Jones V/Soft Software www.vsoft-software.com Houston, TX 281.578.7544 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
