September 2005
Intermediate to advanced
552 pages
14h 50m
English
Temporary Instant Capacity allows a computing environment to flex as the workloads demand. The demands may be a result of a Serviceguard failover, cyclical peaks in workload usage, or a variety of other reasons. Regardless of the reason, Temporary Instant Capacity provides a way to pay for hardware when it is needed, not when it is acquired.
Temporary Instant Capacity is a feature of Instant Capacity. As shown in Figure 11-1, users can activate unlicensed CPUs using the Temporary Instant Capacity software. A Temporary Instant Capacity codeword must be applied to provide Temporary Instant Capacity. When the user activates the CPUs using a special Temporary Instant Capacity option for the icod_modify command, ...
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