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z/VSE capacity measurement / sub-capacity reporting
Since z/VSE version 4 we support sub-capacity reporting. Sub-capacity reporting is required for the price metrics Midrange Workload License Charge (MWLC) with sub-capacity option for zEC12, z196, z10 and z9 processors as well as the price metrics Advanced Entry Workload License Charge (AEWLC) with sub-capacity option for zBC12 and z114 processors. For z/VSE installations the Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool (SCRT) - an IBM tool - reports the capacity information of sub-capacity products. Those are charged based on the four hour rolling average... [More]
Tags: vse pricing sub-capacity scrt lpar capping |
Hard capping and the impact on z/VSE
Today it's just a short discussion on LPAR (logical partition) capping and how it may impact z/VSE. A flavor of virtualization is integrated into System z servers provided by the Processor Resource/System Manager (PR/SM). PR/SM allows to divide the servers into logical partitions (LPARs). Each LPAR get assigned a portion of available physical resources, which can be shared with other LPARs or dedicated to a specific LPAR. You may create up to 60 LPARs running z/OS, z/VM, Linux, TPF or z/VSE. z/VSE may run in a LPAR or as z/VM guest on z/VM... [More]
Tags: capping vse lpar performance workload |
