7 Deadly sins in WLC

Fabio M.Ottaviani
May 2004

In mainframe environments the software product prices have been historically based on the computing capacity of the central processor complex (CPC). The WLC policy allows paying software licenses based on the CPU usage (the maximum monthly value of the 4-hour rolling average) instead of the CPC capacity. It’s important to be aware that a cultural change in the way systems are managed is required in order to take full advantage of a WLC contract. Otherwise some of the current behaviors will become deadly sins when management does not get the expected cost savings.