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
