WebSphere audit defense field guide.
WebSphere Application Server is one of the most audited IBM products, because its PVU metric and sub-capacity rules leave wide room for full-capacity charging. This field guide sets out how to defend the count. Independent and buyer side. Not affiliated with IBM.
- How WebSphere editions are licensed by PVU, and why the per core rating drives the requirement.
- The full-capacity default and the three ILMT conditions that keep your sub-capacity rights: installed within 90 days, scanning continuously, quarterly reports kept two years.
- The IBM HTTP Server and plug-in scope, and how bundled components get counted as separately licensable.
- Network Deployment cell counting, where nodes and the Deployment Manager pull cores into scope.
- How to challenge a WebSphere finding line by line from your own topology and entitlement data.
Software asset managers, middleware owners, and procurement leads who run WebSphere and want a defensible position before, not during, an audit. The guide is directional and practical, not legal advice; the specifics live in your agreement.
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