Understanding the license usage and limitations for Service Virtualization product

Products

• Service Virtualization

Issue/Introduction

Understanding the license usage and limitations for Service Virtualization.

 

 

Environment

All supported DevTest releases.

Resolution

To understand our licenses, Broadcom’s Specific Program Documentation for Service Virtualization can be found here in the following link: https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/LegalNotices/Service-Virtualization-SPD/20875
(You will find a link to a PDF file)

For the Service Virtualization product, we license based on the creation and deployment of resources and then the consumption of resources.

Service Virtualization Power User is used when you are creating or deploying a virtual service. This is measured as a concurrent user. 

Consumption of a Virtual Service is the second measurement. To measure consumption, we first need to understand if your Virtual Service Environment (VSE) is used to support performance testing and is in functional mode or performance mode. 

If the performance mode, there is no limit to the number of transactions since load tests may result in high transaction counts.  We measure performance consumption based on the number of concurrent copies of the performance VSE.

If in functional mode, we measure usage based on functional transaction packs. A transaction is any API call made to an active virtual service. A single pack allows for 23,000 transactions per Month. 

Additional Information

If more information is required more information about your entitlements, please reach out to your Account Director.