IBM states that PVU is “a unit of measurement used to determine the licensing cost of IBM products. The Processor Value Unit (PVU) license metric is one of the most widely known for IBM software products. Get these right and you will make great strides towards an accurate Effective Licensing Position (ELP) for your IBM software: Rather than trying to boil the ocean by looking at all the IBM licensing options, my advice is to start with the three most common that will have the largest effect on your IBM licensing position. With a potential labyrinth of terms, conditions, metrics and scenarios for the SAM practitioner to navigate, creating an IBM Effective License Position can be of the most complex SAM projects in the data center. With over 10,000 software products covered by hundreds of different licensing metrics, understanding IBM licensing is not straightforward. Kevin Barnes, Consultant, Certero What are the main IBM licensing metrics you need to understand to build an Effective License Position?
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