The HP Virtual Server Environment: Making the Adaptive Enterprise Vision a Reality in Your Datacenter

Example Pay Per Use Scenario

This example scenario walks through the process of configuring HP-UX and Microsoft Windows nPartitions to use PPU. It assumes that the HP utility meter has been set up and configured, as HP service representatives or authorized HP partners are responsible for installing and maintaining the meter. In the HP-UX portion of this scenario, the active CPU metric is being utilized. Notice that none of the commands specify the type of metric being tracked; instead, the metric is specified in the contract and is available on the PPU portal. Pay Per Use for Microsoft Windows only supports the percent utilization billing model.

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The steps covered in this scenario must be performed on every partition in the complex. If ...