Capacity Back Up (CBU): Temporary access to dormant processing units (PUs), intended to replace capacity lost within the enterprise due to a disaster. CP capacity or any and all specialty engine types (zIIP, zAAP, SAP, IFL, ICF) can be added up to what the physical hardware model can contain for up to 10 days for a test activation or 90 days for a true disaster recovery.
On system z10 the CBU entitlement records contain an expiration date that is established at the time of order and is dependent upon the quantity of CBU years. You will now have the capability to extend your CBU entitle- ments through the purchase of additional CBU years. The number of CBU years per instance of CBU entitlement remains limited to fi ve and fractional years are rounded up to the near whole integer when calculating this limit. For instance, if there are two years and eight months to the expiration date at the time of order, the expiration date can be extended by no more than two additional years. One test activation is provided for each additional CBU year added to the CBU entitlement record.
CBU Tests: The allocation of the default number of test activations changed. Rather than a fi xed default number of fi ve test activations for each CBU entitlement record, the number of test activations per instance of the CBU entitlement record will coincide with the number of CBU years, the number of years assigned to the CBU record. This equates to one test activation per year for each CBU entitlement purchased.
These changes apply only to System z10 and to CBU entitlements purchased through the IBM sales channel or directly from Resource Link.
There are now terms governing System z Capacity Back Up (CBU) which allow customers to execute production workload on a CBU Upgrade during a CBU Test..
While all new CBU contract documents contain the new CBU Test terms, existing CBU customers will need to exe- cute a contract to expand their authorization for CBU Test upgrades if they want to have the right to execute produc- tion workload on the CBU Upgrade during a CBU Test.
Amendment for CBU Tests
The modifi cation of CBU Test terms is available for existing CBU customers via the IBM Customer Agreement Amend- ment for IBM System z Capacity Backup Upgrade Tests (in the US this is form number
Capacity for Planned Event (CPE): Temporary access to dormant PUs, intended to replace capacity lost within the enterprise due to a planned event such as a facility upgrade or system relocation. This offering is available only on the System z10. CPE is similar to CBU in that it is intended to replace lost capacity; however, it differs in its scope and intent. Where CBU addresses disaster recovery scenarios that can take up to three months to remedy, CPE is intended for
On/Off Capacity on Demand (On/Off CoD): Temporary access to dormant PUs, intended to augment the existing capacity of a given system. On/Off CoD helps you contain workload spikes that may exceed permanent capacity such that Service Level Agreements cannot be met and business conditions do not justify a permanent upgrade. An On/Off CoD record allows you to temporarily add CP capacity or any and all specialty engine types (zIIP, zAAP, SAP, IFL, ICF) up to the following limits:
•The quantity of temporary CP capacity ordered is limited by the quantity of purchased CP capacity (permanently active plus unassigned).
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