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6Articles·17Products·64SKUs·26Metrics·6Programs·60Rules·75Evidence·30Sources

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IBM Passport Advantage licensingCited · Edited 2026-09-15IBM Processor Value Unit tablesCited · Edited 2026-09-26IBM sub-capacity licensing and ILMTCited · Edited 2026-09-26IBM Cloud Pak licensingCited · Edited 2026-09-26IBM Db2 editions licensingCited · Edited 2026-09-26IBM Passport Advantage program structureCited · Edited 2026-09-26

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Archived LICENSEWARE Wiki white papers and galleries for IBM, kept as sources. They are not cited encyclopedia articles.

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IBM Cloud Pak for Applications AdvancedCitedIBM Cloud Pak for Applications Advanced Virtual Processor Core License + SW Subscription & Support 12 MonthsD0LSCZXIBM Cloud Pak for Applications Advanced Virtual Processor Core Monthly LicenseD0LSDZXIBM Cloud Pak for Applications Advanced Virtual Processor Core Subscription LicenseD0LSFZXIBM Cloud Pak for Applications LimitedCitedIBM Cloud Pak for Applications Limited Virtual Processor Core License + SW Subscription & Support 12 MonthsD26FPLLIBM Cloud Pak for Applications Limited Virtual Processor Core Subscription LicenseD26G9LLIBM Cloud Pak for Applications StandardCited

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Authorized UserUserAuthorized UserUserConcurrent UserUserFlexPointOtherInstallOtherManaged Virtual ServerOtherProcessor Value Unit (PVU)PVUPVU Warm StandbyPVU

Programs

Client Relationship Agreement (CRA)Enterprise agreementContainer LicensesCloud policyEligible Public Cloud BYOSLCloud policyPassport AdvantageVolumePassport Advantage ExpressVolumeVirtualization Capacity (Sub-capacity) LicensingCloud policy

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BYOSL — entitlements not used elsewhere at the same timeRestrictionBYOSL Note 1 — only where IBM footnotes itCloud / BYOLBYOSL Note 3 — Oracle Cloud OCPUCloud / BYOLCloud Pak conversion ratio (LI; default 1:1)CountingCloud Pak for Applications: trade-up and upgrade part numbers from WebSphereCommercialCloud Pak for Business Automation excludes Integration DesignerRestrictionCloud Pak for Data: Storage Fusion capped at 12 TB per clusterRestrictionCloud Pak for Data: VPC to GPGPU conversion 1:1Counting

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BYOSL — entitlements not used elsewhere at the same timePolicy excerptBYOSL Note 1 — only where IBM footnotes it (not universal)Policy excerptBYOSL Note 3 — Oracle Cloud OCPU = 2 vCPU = 140 PVUMappingCloud Pak conversion ratio — LI; default 1:1 if unspecifiedPolicy excerptCloud Pak for Applications: trade-up and upgrade part numbers from WebSphereTable excerptCloud Pak for Business Automation excludes Integration DesignerQuoteCloud Pak for Data full offerings include 3 OpenShift cores per VPCQuoteCloud Pak for Data: Storage Fusion capped at 12 TB per clusterQuote

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Applying Production Licenses to Db2 and Db2 Warehouse (Db2 12.1)GuideContainer LicensesPolicyDb2 Database PricingPrice listDb2 database product editions and deployment options (Db2 12.1)GuideEligible Public Cloud BYOSL PolicyPolicyFixed PVU and VPC values for instances running in the warm standby mode (IBM License Metric Tool 9.2)GuideFlexPoints (IBM License Metric Tool 9.2)GuideFunctionality in Db2 product editions (Db2 12.1)Guide
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