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Db2 VPC on hybrid hosts: lesser of physical cores or summed virtual cores

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Kind
Virtualization
Statement
IBM Db2 12.1: for hybrid environments license either the physical cores of the machine or the sum of virtual cores on it, whichever is less. Example: five VMs reporting 64 virtual cores on a 16-core server require 16 VPCs.
Applies when
Several Db2 VMs on one host whose virtual cores exceed the physical cores.
Applies to
IBM Db2 VPC editions.
Aliases
VPC cap at physical cores
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