IBM Z10 EC User Manual

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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 Z125-8145). This amendment

can be executed at any time, and separate from any par-

ticular order.

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 short-duration events lasting up to three

days, maximum. Each CPE record, once activated, gives

you access to all dormant PUs on the machine that can be

confi gured in any combination of CP capacity or specialty

engine types (zIIP, zAAP, SAP, IFL, ICF).

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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