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CA 11 rarely carries its own number. It rides the Broadcom (CA) portfolio deal and the capacity basis underneath it. Here is how it is licensed and which levers move the figure, from the buyer side.
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Get expert help →CA 11, formally the Broadcom (CA) Workload Automation Restart Option for z/OS Schedulers, is an automated rerun and tracking system for z/OS batch. It acts as a run handler that simplifies whole reruns and individual step restarts, manages catalog and data set housekeeping to prevent NOT CATLGD conditions, adjusts GDG bias, and tracks job execution for analysis and reporting. In most large batch shops it is deeply wired into production schedules, which makes it sticky and easy to keep paying for on capacity the business has since changed.
CA 11 is licensed on mainframe capacity. Historically that was a MIPS based entitlement enforced through CA License Management Program, or LMP, keys tied to the central processor complex. Broadcom has been moving customers toward Mainframe Consumption Licensing, or MCL, where the portfolio is priced on actual MSU consumption rather than rated machine capacity. Either way CA 11 usually sits inside the wider Broadcom (CA) portfolio agreement rather than carrying a standalone metric, so the deal structure matters more than the product line.
| Element | How CA 11 is treated |
|---|---|
| Legacy basis | MIPS capacity, enforced by LMP keys |
| Current direction | Mainframe Consumption Licensing on MSU |
| Deal level | Portfolio agreement, not standalone |
| Enforcement | LMP key tied to the CPC |
| Term | Multi year, with renewal uplift pressure |
Directional summary. The basis on a given contract depends on whether you have moved to consumption licensing.
Three drivers set the CA 11 number. The capacity basis, whether legacy MIPS on the rated CPC or consumption MSU on actual use, since the two can value the same estate very differently. The portfolio it sits in, because Broadcom (CA) commonly prices the bundle as a whole and a renewal uplift applied across the portfolio carries CA 11 along with it. And the stickiness of batch restart tooling, because once production schedules depend on it the practical switching cost is high, which is precisely the leverage the vendor counts on at renewal.
The recurring traps are about stale capacity. LMP key capacity that no longer matches a consolidated or refreshed estate, so the entitlement is larger than the workload. CA 11 carried on more LPARs or machines than it now runs on after a migration or DR rework. And a consumption baseline set in a peak year that never gets rebased downward, locking in a number the business has since outgrown in the wrong direction. Broadcom (CA) renewal behavior at pattern level rewards the buyer who reconciles entitlement to reality before the conversation, not after.
The structural lever is the capacity basis: rebaseline what CA 11 is licensed against to the LPARs and machines where it actually runs, then test whether consumption MSU or the legacy MIPS basis is cheaper for your profile rather than accepting the vendor's preferred model. The contract levers are a hard cap on the renewal uplift and negotiating CA 11 as one line inside the portfolio so Broadcom (CA) cannot price each product in isolation. Where the function is genuinely commoditized, naming a credible scheduler or restart alternative is leverage even if you do not migrate. This is the buyer side work we do on Broadcom (CA) cost optimization.
CA 11, the Broadcom (CA) Workload Automation Restart Option for z/OS Schedulers, is licensed on mainframe capacity. Historically that was a MIPS based entitlement enforced through CA License Management Program keys tied to the CPC. Broadcom has been moving customers to Mainframe Consumption Licensing, where the portfolio is priced on actual MSU consumption rather than rated machine capacity, so CA 11 usually rides the wider portfolio deal rather than carrying a standalone metric.
Usually not. CA 11 is typically bundled into the broader Broadcom (CA) mainframe agreement and priced against the same capacity basis as the rest of the portfolio, whether legacy MIPS through LMP keys or consumption MSU. That means the lever on CA 11 is rarely CA 11 alone, it is the structure and capacity basis of the portfolio deal it sits inside.
The common traps are LMP key capacity that no longer matches a consolidated or refreshed estate, CA 11 entitlement carried on more LPARs or machines than it now runs on, and a consumption baseline set in a peak year that never gets rebased. Because restart and tracking tools are sticky in batch operations, they often persist on capacity the business has since reduced.
Rebaseline the capacity CA 11 is licensed against to the LPARs and machines where it actually runs, scrutinize whether the consumption model or the legacy MIPS basis is cheaper for your profile, cap the renewal uplift, and negotiate CA 11 as one line in the portfolio rather than letting Broadcom price each product in isolation.
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