Cloud Pak and VPC Conversion Guide.
IBM has moved its product estate toward the Virtual Processor Core metric and Cloud Pak bundles. Since Passport Advantage v11, sub-capacity reporting and ILMT apply to VPC-metered products too, and manual counting is no longer permitted. This guide walks the conversion buyer side, so the move does not become an audit. Independent, not affiliated with IBM Corporation.
- PVU to VPC, what changes. How the move from processor value units to virtual processor cores reshapes the count and the reporting obligation.
- ILMT for VPC products. Why VPC-metered products now require ILMT, what manual counting losing approval means, and how to stay compliant.
- Cloud Pak entitlement math. How Cloud Pak bundles convert component products into a shared VPC entitlement pool, and how to read it.
- The cluster charge trap. Why container non-compliance exposes every core in the cluster, not only the cores running the licensed software.
- Entitlement pooling. How to allocate a Cloud Pak entitlement across products without double counting or stranded capacity.
- A conversion checklist. The steps to validate before, during, and after a VPC or Cloud Pak conversion so the evidence holds up under audit.
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