Minimum one whole processor core
Catalog row in Vendor License Evidence · Cited
- Kind
- FAQ excerpt
- Excerpt
- The minimum requirement for software licensing is the appropriate number of license entitlements for one whole processor core. For partitions (capped partitions) that have a fractional core processing capacity, we aggregate fractional processor cores, apply shared pool capping rules, and round up at the server level to the next whole processor core.
- Locator
- Sub-Capacity FAQs — minimum one whole processor core; fractional cores
- Applies to
- Sub-capacity / eligible virtualization — minimum entitlements and fractional core aggregation
- Aliases
- one whole core floor; fractional PowerVM round-up
- Supports rules
- Related metrics
- Related programs
- Sources