One of the things I've been injecting into my code (the SMF analysis code I inherited and now maintain) in recent years has been more nosiness. :-) More nosiness in this case means recognising software product related footprints in the sand. It's a fun game. :-)
Cheers, Martin Martin Packer, Mainframe Performance Consultant, zChampion Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: [email protected] Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: Barry Merrill <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Date: 01/01/2012 17:53 Subject: Re: cpu / machine identification Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> I was involved in an audit of a VERY large outsourcer on behalf of a VERY large software vendor, some time ago. The only data required for the audit was the site's SMF data (and a smart program to read the SMF file!), plus a program that allocated and grazed the disk farm to capture all DSNAMES and attributes (which DCOLLECT would do now). >From an intelligent examination of the names of datasets, which clearly indicated/suggested they were the software company's property, along with a listing of the names of the members of those load libraries, and a comparison to the SMF program names that had been executed, which demonstrated those programs were being executed from those libraries, the two companies withdrew their suit and countersuit, and reached agreements on licensing. And, after only the very FIRST report was reviewed by both parties! Quite a bit of additional analysis software had been prepared to tighten up the SMF-to-LoadLib connection, which would have analyzed the DDNAMEs used by these programs, but those programs were never used. Merrilly New Year, Barry Merrill Herbert W. Barry Merrill, PhD President-Programmer Merrill Consultants 10717 Cromwell Drive Dallas, TX 75229-5112 214 351 1966 tel 214 350 3694 fax http://www.mxg.com [email protected] MXG Support: [email protected] MXG Admin: [email protected] Standard Answers: http://www.mxg.com/administration What's Supported: http://www.mxg.com/changes -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 9:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: cpu / machine identification In <[email protected]>, on 12/31/2011 at 06:51 PM, Brian Westerman <[email protected]> said: >Sorry Shmuel, I mind works on a different level than my fingers >sometimes. I apologize for the mistake on your name. That's why I try to remember to cut and paste rather than retyping names. Of course, I sometimes slip :-( >I'm still not too sure that there is a way to conduct an audit that >would satisfy the vendor, that the site would agree to. Providing SMF data? Proving a userid with limited authority specifically for auditing? >but if you limit the audit, then it's not an audit. Doesn't that depend on what the limitations are? >The audit would have to allow a search of all load libraries at a >minimum, and would entail loading each and every module to check >internally, not doesn't that sound like a lot of fun, it would be cost >prohibitive for both the vendor and the site. That would be more of a hassle for the vendor than for the site. I would expect a vendor to do random spot checks rather than running an audit, e.g., every 30 days. >I think most would go for the key after that. I've seen products thrown out because of the keys. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
