IBM System z Software Pricing

This is the System z Software Pricing Reference Library

Reference Documents:

• IBM System z Software Pricing Reference Guide (160KB)
• z/OS Planning for Sub-Capacity Pricing (526KB)
• SCRT User Guide (2.30MB)
• Understanding and Controlling LPARs White Paper (248KB)
• Washington Systems Center Flash on Defined Capacity
• Mainframe Capacity Ratings (in Millions of Service Units)
• Monthly License Charge Products with Sub-Capacity Charges
• System z IPLA Products with Sub-Capacity Charges
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Downloadable Education Modules

These stand-alone education modules explain, with charts and narration, additional details about different aspects of System z Software Licensing and Pricing.

You have your choice of download format: The EXE format files are self-extracting Flash videos with narration which run in a browser. Executing the EXE file unpacks the Flash archive and launches the recording. The ZIP format files contain a PDF with the charts, an MP3 audio file with the narration, the recording transcript text, and an iPhone-compatible video recording in M4V format. For an accessible version of a module you should download the ZIP file.

• Sub-Capacity and the Rolling 4-Hour Average
  This 20 minute education module explains how the Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool (SCRT) calculates the MSU values charged for Sub-Capacity products. It explains what the Rolling 4-Hour Average is and gives examples of the different ways that different products in the same LPAR might end up being charged a different number of MSUs.

• Download Sub-Capacity and the Rolling 4-Hour Average (EXE, 3.0MB)
• Download Sub-Capacity and the Rolling 4-Hour Average (ZIP, 30.8MB)

• Defined Capacity and Group Capacity Limits
  This 11 minute education module explains how Sub-Capacity customers can use the tools known as Defined Capacity and Group Capacity Limits to control the maximum MSUs charged for the products in an LPAR or set of LPARs.

• Download Defined Capacity and Group Capacity Limits (EXE, 1.8MB)
• Download Defined Capacity and Group Capacity Limits (ZIP, 12.3MB)