Not naïve at all. It's complicated but possible. Here's the doc ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/SubCapacity/Scenarios_Linux_on_System_z.pdf
Marcy This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Ambros Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 7:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LINUX-390] Possibly naive question on zVM licensing and installed IFLs 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
