>> On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:27:38 -0400, David W Daniels/AC/VCU >> <dwdan...@vcu.edu> said:
> All I'm sorry if i confused anyone or seem confused myself. No we > currently know how many our current 5 TSM server's have. I was trying to > get a count of processors of our 400+ user(client machine). Thanks > everyone who has replied. We know what you're asking for, and you're not confused either, except to the extent that it's baffling that IBM would do things that way. For me, getting the answer to this question involves about a week's sporadic effort, including a round trip survey to all of my client admins. Everone involved knows the answer is wrong, but I do enough of a chicken dance around the process to establish good faith intentions to pay what I owe. Yell at your business partner. Express shocked dismay that IBM would do something so stupid. Demand justification from your regional high-up client rep. Stress the extra "managability" costs this procedure hides, and carefully note that these costs will have to be factored into new decisions about what backup technology will be used. And expect to be disappointed. I don't know wether TSM's Product Manager would like CCs, or if he might just feel henpecked about it. He's a good company man. I haven't heard him speak against the policy. But I haven't heard him laud its benefits, either. On the one hand, a list of client complaints might be useful for him. On the other hand, I don't think he's short of them. :) - Allen S. Rout