And none of what you writes makes the TSM software audit of licenses meaningful. You have to know OUTSIDE of what TSM can tell who which nodes are desktops and which are servers and how many processors are in the server machines. Then tell TSM uopir are licensed for enough nodes to make it shut up because there is no longer a meaninful mapping between what the software considers a license and what IBM marketing considers a license.
david >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/10/2004 10:23:01 AM >>> 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.
