HP Instant Capacity Version 10.x User Guide (5900-2063, December 2011)

Tracking usage of TiCAP
The icapstatus command provides the following information about the use of temporary capacity
on the system:
• Amount of temporary capacity remaining (in days, hours, and minutes)
• Number of cores using temporary capacity (number of active cores without usage rights)
• Projected temporary capacity expiration date and time (based on the current temporary
capacity consumption rate)
You can find this information in the Summary of iCAP contract section of the icapstatus
command output.
Example 20 shows the display of temporary capacity information from the Summary of iCAP
contract section of the icapstatus command output:
Example 20 Temporary capacity information from icapstatus command (HP-UX)
Summary of iCAP contract
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State of iCAP contract : compliant
Complex TiCAP pre-authorization is turned off
System contact email id : [e-mail]
Core Usage Right Details
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Total core usage rights : 20
Committed core usage rights : 20
Available core usage rights : 0
Core TiCAP Details
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Available core temporary capacity : 2 days, 20 hours, 30 minutes
Warning period for core temporary capacity expiration : 0 Days 0 Hours
Number of cores using temporary capacity : 0
Memory Usage Right Details
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Total memory usage rights (in GB): 78.0
Committed memory usage rights (in GB) : 78.0
Available memory usage rights (in GB) : 0.0
TiCAP expiration and compliance enforcement
IMPORTANT: If you leave cores without usage rights activated beyond the purchased temporary
capacity duration, the software automatically deactivates one or more cores on the next reboot of
any partition in the complex. This is to bring the system into a closer state of compliance. In case
of a virtual partition, the partition will not boot up as the required number of usage rights will not
be available.
The iCAP software deactivates as many cores as is necessary to either stop consumption of temporary
capacity or to bring the partition to the minimum number of required active cores. You must purchase
either additional temporary capacity or the appropriate number of usage rights (RTU codewords)
to be in full compliance with HP Terms and Conditions.
For examples of the error messages that are sent as a result of compliance enforcement, see “TiCAP
exceptions” (page 107).
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