Each virtual environment counts as a Computer
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- Kind
- Definition excerpt
- Excerpt
- “Computer” means a virtual or physical device for storing or processing data, such as servers, desktop computers, laptops, mobile devices and hardware products. Where a device contains more than one virtual environment (including virtual machines and virtual processors), each virtual environment will be counted as a separate Computer.
- Locator
- Software PST §1.1 Computer definition
- Applies to
- Computer counting under Software Product Specific Terms (subscription, term, and FRL activation caps)
- Aliases
- VM equals Computer; virtual processors; each VM is a Computer
- Supports rules
- Related metrics
- Related programs