Common use of IBM Mainframe Allocated Application DASD Clause in Contracts

IBM Mainframe Allocated Application DASD. “IBM Mainframe Allocated Application DASD” shall be a Resource Unit Category. There will be a Resource Unit Category for IBM DASD and an RU for Unisys DASD. The Resource Unit for Mainframe Allocated Application DASD is one (1) gigabyte. Resource Unit usage for this category will be measured as the peak number of gigabytes of DASD allocated by or to Applications and Authorized Users each month. One gigabyte will be equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes. The sum of partial Resource Unit usage in this Resource Category during a calendar month will be rounded to the nearest whole gigabyte for measurement, tracking, reporting and billing purposes. A more finite measurement may be used if agreed to in writing by DIR and Service Provider. Mainframe Allocated Application DASD will be measured using DCOLLECT, or another mutually agreeable substitute, where DASD is shared, and will include: (1) Application space; (2) Authorized User space; (3) Temporary data sets; (4) DASD migration space; (5) Spool space; (6) Application recovery logs/data sets; and (7) Application development and maintenance space. Allocated Application DASD measured resource usage will exclude Systems Overhead and: (1) spare volumes; (2) flash copy volumes; (3) unallocated (free) space; (4) any initial DASD migration space for conversion from any bubble/one-time migration space for technology upgrades or refresh DASD technology and/or future conversions, as required; (5) system product libraries; (6) catalogues; (7) replicated volumes; (8) system space (e.g. temporary work space, page and swap space, spool space, system parameter and control data sets, and error analysis space); and (9) Service Provider-controlled system operation, support and administration data sets (e.g. scheduled system maintenance and error analysis, DLIBS, console logs, contract measurement and billing, system monitors, and system service machine space). Service Provider shall use proven storage management tools and other commercially reasonable measures to use DASD efficiently and to avoid or minimize usage spikes. As part of the Services, Service Provider shall perform ongoing capacity management and planning and shall notify DIR expeditiously if actual DASD usage exceeds 85% of the agreed upon level of installed DASD. Should this occur, Service Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts to identify the root cause of such increased DASD usage and implement measures to avoid increasing the level of installed or allocated DASD to the extent possible.