Deactivated processor cores need no entitlement until activated
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- FAQ excerpt
- Excerpt
- Are customers required to acquire license entitlements for deactivated processor cores on a server? No. IBM only requires licenses for activated processor cores.
- Locator
- Sub-Capacity FAQs, Overview question 17
- Applies to
- Core-based (PVU, VPC, RVU MAPC) IBM programs. Effective date: not stated on the cited IBM page (undated web page); retrieved 2026-09-26.
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