License Entitlements For Temporary Processor Activations; License Entitlement Example - IBM p5 590 System Handbook

This value is the one used to determine how many license entitlements are
required for the partition. As an example, if an uncapped partition is defined with
VP = 7 where the shared processor pool has 12 physical processors assigned,
then the number of software license entitlements required for this uncapped
partition is seven entitlements.
Determining the number of license entitlements required
The client must add the sum of the number of processors in each partition
running the OS or middleware after rounding up in each partition where the OS
or the middleware product is running. This total equals the total number of
software license entitlements that the client must purchase up to the total number
of active processors in the server.
As an example, if a client has a 32-way server with 24 active processors, 8
inactive processors, and 20 active processors assigned to the shared processor
pool, and had defined partitions in the following manner (Table 4-4):
Table 4-4 License entitlement example
Partition
A
B
C
SA
SB
SC
SD
When adding up the total number of required software entitlements, there are a
total of four required for the dedicated partitions, and a total of 29 required for the
shared partitions, giving a total number of entitlements required equal to 33.
However, the server has a total of 24 active processors so the total number of
software license entitlements is 24. Clients do not have to have more license
entitlements than the total number of active processors in the server.

4.10.2 License entitlements for temporary processor activations

When clients use On/Off CoD, Reserve CoD, or Trial CoD, they must purchase
software license entitlements for each processor day utilized to be compliant with
their International Program License Agreements for processor-based software
Type Processors assigned
Dedicated Assigned 1 Processor
Dedicated Assigned 2 Processors
Dedicated Assigned 1 Processor
Shared/Capped PRU = 1.5 Processors
Shared/Capped PRU = 2.5 Processors
Shared/Uncapped VP = 12 Processors
Shared/Uncapped VP = 12 Processors
SW entitlements
1 Entitlement
2 Entitlements
1 Entitlements
2 Entitlements
3 Entitlements
12 Entitlements
12 Entitlements
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