Hmc Billing Selection Wizard - IBM p5 590 System Handbook

3. Usage
The hardware management console is used to turn capacity on and off as
needed. The client is obligated to report usage once per month, either via the
electronic Service Agent or manually.
4. Reporting and order processing and billing
The client must report their on/off usage to IBM at least monthly. This usage
data will be stored in the TCoD database. This information is used to compute
the billing data, which is provided to the sales channel on a quarterly basis.
The sales channel places an order for the quantity of On/Off processor or
memory used with an upgrade order for the appropriate quantity of On/Off
billing features and invoices the client.
The HMC has a billing wizard (Figure 4-3) to provide the client with
information related to On/Off CoD processor and memory billing information.
This information can also be saved on a remote system or on a DOS
formatted floppy diskette.
Figure 4-3 HMC Billing Selection Wizard
A request for temporary capacity will be counted in "resource days", and the
client will be required to report this request for temporary capacity in order to be
billed for temporary capacity in the form of requested and/or unreturned resource
days. On expiration or any timer before an On/Off Cod request expires, the
resources must be returned to the unlicensed processor pool. If they are not
returned, the resources will continue to be counted and billed as "unreturned
resource days" as defined in the client's contract. Additional On/Off requests will
not be honored if the limit of resource days has been reached or unlicensed
resources are in use on the machine.
The following examples of the usage calculation:
A processor day is measured each time a processor is activated in a 24-hour
period or any fraction thereof. If four processors are activated for two
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