Fixed PVU and VPC values for instances running in the warm standby mode
The licensing model of some IBM products, such as DB2, defines that product instances that run in the warm standby mode consume a fixed number of PVUs or VPCs. To report metric utilization by such product instances, assign them with the PVU Warm Standby or VPC Warm Standby metric.
Starting from application update 10.0.16, PVU Warm Standby and VPC Warm Standby metric calculation has been modified. If there are multiple instances of a product on single computer, the fixed PVU or VPC will count only once.
Fixed values
- 100 PVUs if the product is assigned the PVU Warm Standby metric.
- 1 VPC if the product is assigned the VPC Warm Standby metric.
Calculating and reporting the utilization
- PVU subcapacity and VPC
- Utilization of the PVU Warm Standby or VPC Warm Standby metric is
reported separately from the utilization of the PVU subcapacity or VPC
metric for the product. To obtain the final utilization of the license
metric, add the two values that are reported on the All Metrics report
or in the audit snapshot. For example, IBM DB2 Enterprise Server
Edition Processor Value Unit consumes the following number of
PVUs.
- 1200 PVUs under the subcapacity license.
- 300 PVUs by instances that run in the warm standby mode.
- PVU full capacity
- If you report PVU full capacity instead of the PVU subcapacity for a product, assign all product instances, including the ones that run in the warm standby mode, to the PVU license metric. Do not assign any product instances to the PVU Warm Standby metric.
- Flex Point offerings and Cloud Paks
- If the product is further assigned to a Flex Point offering or a Cloud
Pak, manual calculation is not needed. The two values are automatically
summed up while License Metric Tool calculates the overall metric
utilization for the FlexPoint offering or a Cloud Pak. For example,
IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition Processor Value Unit
consumes the following number of PVUs.
- 1200 PVUs under the subcapacity license.
- 300 PVUs by instances that run in the warm standby mode.
Adding the PVU Warm Standby or VPC Warm Standby metric to a product
The software catalog contains a number of products for which the license agreement states that product instances that run in the warm standby mode consume 100 PVUs or 1 VPC per instance. If the license agreement for your product states the same, but the option to assign the PVU Warm Standby or VPC Warm Standby metric is not available, add the metric on the Products & Metrics report. For more information, see: Assigning an additional metric to a product.
Other uses
If the license agreement for your product states that the product uses 100 PVUs or 1 VPC per instance in a scenario other than the warm standby mode, for example the hot standby mode, you can assign the product with the PVU Warm Standby or VPC Warm Standby metric.