Pricing metric for Virtual Processor Cores (VPCs)
Virtual Processor Core (VPC) is a unit by which IBM MQ can be licensed. A VPC can be either a virtual core assigned to a virtual machine, or a physical processor core, provided that the server is not partitioned for virtual machines. If the number of virtual cores exceeds the number of physical cores, then the number of VPCs that we must license is equal to the number of physical cores.
Usage of each VPC is measured in Virtual Processor Core-Instance-Hours, and captured in whole minute increments. An Instance is a running copy of IBM MQ (the Program), not including copies of the Program used for backup purposes, specifically those designated as "cold" or "warm", as defined in the IBM Software Licensed under the IPLA - Backup Use Defined Document located here: https://www.ibm.com/softwarepolicies.
We must get sufficient entitlements for the total number of Hours that each VPC is made available to each Instance of the Program in a twelve (12) month fixed term. We must use the metering tool provided with the Program to monitor your usage of the Program. If the metering tool is not used, we must get entitlements for 720 Hours per calendar month for each VPC in your environment that can be made available to an Instance of the Program, regardless of whether the VPC is being made available or has been made available to an Instance of the Program.
For more information about how to determine the usage of VPCs, see the IBM Developer article Determining the usage of Virtual Processor Cores (VPC). This article explains how to use the IBM License Metric Tool to configure and create a report used to determine the number of VPCs that we need to license. The article includes examples of how to calculate VPC consumption for virtual and physical server environments.
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