With OW55509, WLM calculates the 4-hour rolling average for all LPARs including those for which no defined capacity was specified. To avoid capping during system startup, the system initializes the 4-hour rolling average to a minimum value close to zero.

The Resource Measurement Facility (RMF) provides the new Monitor III CPC Capacity Report that lists the LPARs defined within the CEC, their characteristics, and their current utilization. In addition, the CPC report also shows WLM soft capping information for all partitions.

For more information on LPAR capping, see chapter 3 of the PR/SM Planning Guide. For details of zSeries software pricing refer to Planning for Workload License Charges and IBM System z9 and eServer zSeries Software Pricing.

Besides the Monitor III CPC report, RMF PM, the graphical Java client, has been extended with additional resources and metrics.