Transfer and Conversion of IBM Licenses When Migrating to AWS
IBM and Red Hat Blog
This article provides an overview of how IBM software licenses are handled when migrating to AWS. It covers topics such as:
- IBM's licensing metrics like Processor Value Units (PVUs), Virtual Processor Cores (VPCs), and Resource Value Units (RVUs)
- How IBM's License Metric Tool (ILMT) and AWS License Manager can be used to track license usage
- Licensing considerations for containerized environments and Kubernetes clusters
- Mapping IBM licensing units to AWS vCPU terminology and converting between PVUs and VPCs
- Strategies for optimizing licensing costs on AWS, such as using Auto Scaling and customizing vCPU availability
The article aims to help customers understand IBM's licensing models and how they translate to the AWS cloud environment.
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