LPAR, LDOM and PaaS databases are not virtual machines
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
- Kind
- Virtualization
- Statement
- License Program Guide: Unix-based virtualization (LPAR, LDOM) is not a supported hypervisor and is counted as non-virtual; PaaS services such as Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database and Azure Cosmos DB are also non-virtual. (effective 2026-05-19)
- Applies when
- Protecting Unix partitions or PaaS services
- Applies to
- VOI (per VM) licences
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