IBM zEnterprise System Technical Introduction

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Software licensing

This appendix briefly describes the software licensing options available for zEnterprise CPCs.

Software licensing considerations

The zEnterprise CPC’s IBM software portfolio includes operating system software¹ (that is, z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE, and z/TPF) and middleware that runs on these operating systems. It also includes middleware for Linux on System z environments.

Two metric groups for software licensing are available from IBM, depending on the software product:

•Monthly License Charge (MLC)

•International Program License Agreement ...

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