IBM Evidence

Db2 on third-party cloud: VPCs equal available vCPUs

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Excerpt: For third-party cloud environments, the number of Db2 VPCs needed is the same as the number of virtual CPUs (vCPU) that are available to Db2 in the cloud environment.
Locator: Virtual processor core licensing, Determining VPC quantities for third-party cloud environments
Applies to: IBM Db2 VPC editions.
Supports rules: Db2 on third-party cloud: VPCs equal available vCPUs
Related metrics: Virtual Processor Core (VPC)
Related programs: Virtualization Capacity (Sub-capacity) Licensing
Sources: Virtual processor core licensing (Db2 12.1)