Container Licenses — IBM License Service mandatory
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- Kind
- Restriction
- Statement
- IBM Container Licenses (retrieved 2026-08-31): “To take advantage of container licensing, IBM License Service must be used to track license usage and determine your required entitlement. There are no exceptions to this rule.” “The IBM License Service is the only accepted tool for license usage tracking and reporting container licensing.” License Service is a tool, not a program and not a metric. Distinct from ILMT (mandatory for traditional sub-capacity PVU / VPC / RVU MAPC). Educational Container Licensing guide (effective January 2022; last update August 2026) does not supersede the license agreement; LI still governs.
- Applies when
- Deploying IBM Certified Containers or IBM Cloud Paks in containers under Container Licensing (Kubernetes-orchestrated; VPC or PVU core-based products supported by IBM License Service).
- Applies to
- IBM Certified Containers and IBM Cloud Paks deployed in containers. Not traditional VM sub-capacity (ILMT). License Service itself is a tool, not a program.
- Aliases
- License Service required; no exceptions; container tracking tool
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