User's Manual

Temporary Instant Capacity 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.
After the temporary capacity is depleted and you continue to have more active cores than usage
rights across the complex, a notice similar to the following appears at the bottom of the
icapstatus output:
WARNING: Temporary capacity has expired and this complex is out
of compliance with the Instant Capacity contract because there
are 2 more active cores than there are core usage rights.
Deactivation of cores may occur during partition reboot to
bring the complex into compliance. In order to avoid the
deactivation of cores upon reboot, you need to take corrective
action immediately. Either deactivate 2 core(s), apply
additional temporary capacity codewords, or purchase and apply
Right to Use codewords for 2 core(s).
As stated in the warning, if cores without usage rights continue to be used, then on the next
reboot of any partition in the complex, the software automatically deactivates one or more cores
in order to bring the system into a closer state of compliance. The Instant Capacity 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.
For examples of the error messages that are sent as a result of compliance enforcement, see
“Temporary Instant Capacity Exceptions” (page 87).
Auditing of temporary capacity is done at the complex (OpenVMS node) level on Instant Capacity
systems that support partitioning (and are not part of a GiCAP group). Although temporary
capacity might have been purchased for use by a specific partition, it is available to all partitions
in the complex or OpenVMS node (or to the entire GiCAP group, if applicable).
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