David, IBM still does charge by node if you say the node is not a server.
It is up to us, the customers, to characterize the machines to be backed up and then buy the proper number and kind of licenses. If you say a machine is a single user desktop, even if it has 2 processors and has more raw power than some of your servers, you need just 1 desktop license which is about a fifth of the price of a server license. The TSM pricing model is now function based. The license to backup a server is more expensive because the value to you is greater than the value of an end user desktop backup. Hope this helps, Bill Colwell At 08:04 AM 3/10/2004, you wrote: >Nancy, > >As far as I can tell it no longer matters what the TSM software thinks >you have as far as number of nodes; just tell it you have enough to make >it shut up. > >The reason it no longer matters is that IBM no longer charges you by >node but by processor and the TSM software auditing component does not >know about processors. TSM software auditing is a relict of a simpler >day. > >David > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/8/2004 5:30:52 PM >>> >We are in the process of ordering a TSM upgrade (from 4.1 to 5.1 or >5.2) >and are having pricing issues. I ran a license audit to see what we >are >using now and it showed 108 "Managed System for LAN" licenses in use >(of >200), but we only have 78 nodes registered. I do not understand the >discrepancy. Can anyone explain it to me? > > >Nancy Reeves >Technical Support, Wichita State University >[EMAIL PROTECTED] 316-978-3860 ---------- Bill Colwell C. S. Draper Lab Cambridge Ma.