Hi Erick Further to your post I believe my colleague Alessandra may have been/is continuing to work directly with you on this – VPC is a new IBM core based entitlement metric – details can be found in the IBM License Information document (LID) DB2 Standard Edition 11.5 - https://www-03.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf/lilookup/971B0C903A89B59385258426004E9D2C?OpenDocument I have to admit I haven’t yet been specifically involved in a PVU to VPC conversion – but on the basis you have 880 PVU’s you would need to check/ensure your VPC post renewal quantity provides sufficient cores for your existing requirements/licensed devices. e.g. if IBM are applying a 120 PVU to 1 Core VPC basis you may receive 8 (7.3 rounded up) VPC’s but if you currently have your PVU software deployed on 70 or 100 PVU per core rated processor devices then your 880 PVU’s could be covering additional cores, potentially leaving you short for your new VPC requirements. If your renewal quantity is 13 (12.57 rounded up) VPC’s it’d suggest a 70 PVU per core rating has been applied as a ratio to convert. In your FNMS PVU reports / Consumption tab of the license you should be able to easily identify the number of cores of the devices contributing to your current/peak license consumption. In regards to IBM providing no explanation – I would suggest (especially if you haven’t already signed the renewal) going back to IBM to confirm the conversion ratio applied and any clarity (if required further to the license terms) needed regarding how the new metric should be calculated/managed and your downgrade rights / migration requirements etc. An updated Flexera IBM Practice Guide (available in the Flexera Learning Center) will soon be being released which in addition to including FNMS 2019 IBM management updates will contain information on VPC management in FNMS. Thanks Toby ... View more

Hi Shelby I’m glad it is working as expected now If devices are not assigned to locations / associated to an IBM region then these devices with primary application installations will consume the license but the consumption for these will be represented in the compliance tab of the license under ‘Devices not assigned to any region’. In the PVU Consumption report these will show under the Region Name of ‘Unknown Region’. When you later assign those devices to an IBM Region, following the next full reconciliation/import (likely nightly) FNMS will recalculate the peak consumption acknowledging this device as having resided in the confirmed Region and represent the devices consumption against that Region. Thanks Toby ... View more