MSU (machine capacity)
Catalog row in Vendor License Metrics · Cited
- Unit
- Million Service Units (MSU) of the licensed machine or LPAR
- Aliases
- Machine capacity; capacity in MSUs
- Definition
- The capacity attribute written into a mainframe product licence file: environment information including operating system type, CPU ID, LPAR ID, system name and capacity measured in million service units.
- Counting rules
- The licence checker compares the capacity of the central electronics complex or logical partition on which the product runs with the MSU value in the licence file; capacity above the licensed MSU is reported by licence message MLC1003.
- Floors / minimums
- Not stated in the documentation; the MSU value is set in the individual licence file from the contract.
- Applies to products
- Adabas
- Natural
- EntireX
- Com-plete
- Entire Net-Work
- Entire System Server