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MWLC pricing

AEWLC pricing

Midrange Workload License Charge (MWLC) is a new monthly license charge price metric on the IBM System z9, z10 and IBM zEnterprise 196 servers. It applies to z/VSE V4 and V5 and 13 key z/VSE-related middleware programs such as CICS TS for VSE, ACF/VTAM for VSE, and DB2 Server for VSE. MWLC is available on z9 EC, z9 BC, z10 EC, z10 BC and z196 servers with z/VSE V4 or V5.

Sub-capacity pricing is based on a four-hour rolling average utilization of the z/VSE LPARs or z/VM guests observed within a one month reporting period. This requires reporting of the utilization. z/VSE uses the Capacity Measurement Tool (CMT) to produce the required SCRT89 accounting records.

SCRT has been enhanced to recognize and use z/VSE system capacities of less than one MSU when calculating overall capacities for z/VSE middleware products across all of the z/VSE systems on the same CPC.
 

Preparation for MWLC and SCRT

The following presentation gives an overview about the MWLC pricing:

Midrange Workload License Charge for z/VSE (PDF, 485KB) Klaus Goebel, IBM

The SCRT User Guide contains information about the minimum system requirements, one time setup and processing of the SCRT data.

SCRT User Guide (PDF, 1.7MB)

For more information please also see the following links:

	Sub-Capacity for z/VSE
	Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool (SCRT)

Getting help

Help for the Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool (SCRT) or anything related to Sub-Capacity pricing is available by emailing scrt@us.ibm.com. If you have questions about the bill itself, please contact the IBM billing department.

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