Temporary Instant Capacity Expiration and Compliance Enforcement
IMPORTANT: If you leave cores without usage rights activated beyond the purchased temporary capacity duration, the software automatically deactivates one or more cores on the next reboot of any partition in the complex.
After the temporary capacity is depleted and you continue to have more active cores than usage rights across the complex, a notice similar to the following appears at the bottom of the icapstatus output:
WARNING: Temporary capacity has expired and this complex is out of compliance with the Instant Capacity contract because there are 2 more active cores than there are core usage rights.
Deactivation of cores may occur during partition reboot to bring the complex into compliance. In order to avoid the deactivation of cores upon reboot, you need to take corrective action immediately. Either deactivate 2 core(s), apply additional temporary capacity codewords, or purchase and apply Right to Use codewords for 2 core(s).
As stated in the warning, if cores without usage rights continue to be used, then on the next reboot of any partition in the complex, the software automatically deactivates one or more cores in order to bring the system into a closer state of compliance. The Instant Capacity software deactivates as many cores as is necessary to either stop consumption of temporary capacity or to bring the partition to the minimum number of required active cores. You must purchase either additional temporary capacity or the appropriate number of usage rights (RTU codewords) to be in full compliance.
For examples of the error messages that are sent as a result of compliance enforcement, see “Temporary Instant Capacity Exceptions” (page 87).
Auditing of temporary capacity is done at the complex (OpenVMS node) level on Instant Capacity systems that support partitioning (and are not part of a GiCAP group). Although temporary capacity might have been purchased for use by a specific partition, it is available to all partitions in the complex or OpenVMS node (or to the entire GiCAP group, if applicable).
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