Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-11 Thread Jeff Rogers
Well, I started the thread, so I thought I'd report on my progress since the original post. I've managed to come across a very capable IBM Business Partner and Tivoli Sales rep. It made all the difference in the world. My software and DB2 reps at IBM found the good Tivoli people, and the Tivol

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-11 Thread Joe Faracchio
This is dis-heartening, confusing, agravating, etc. When it comes to unix and Windows-NT/2K/XP I don't know if its a client or a server. And until hearing this I didn't care. Only cared about how much data in how many changed files they were sending me. So when the 5001 free clients are take

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-11 Thread Joshua S. Bassi
sage- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Richard L. Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 11:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Point system has me very confused I agree. The last time we needed to order more client licenses it was impossible to get someone

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-11 Thread Richard L. Rhodes
I agree. The last time we needed to order more client licenses it was impossible to get someone from Tivoli to even talk to us. We wanted to spend money, but they wouldn't respond to emails or voice mails. I found this amazing! I had to get our local IBM storage rep to contact Tivoli before the

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-11 Thread Kauffman, Tom
billing . . . I wish IBM would pull TSM back from Tivoli -- or stand on Tivoli marketing and support. Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc > -Original Message- > From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 12:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > S

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-11 Thread Gill, Geoffrey L.
>And TIVOLI DOES NOTHING TO CLEAN UP THE MESS, which is pretty >representative >of Tivoli corps behavior since taking over marketing of this >first class >product. Wanda, Nicely put..I would have used the expletives though. Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-11 Thread Prather, Wanda
. LOU GERSTNER, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING WHEN YOUR TURNED YOUR ADSM CUSTOMERS OVER TO TIVOLI??!??? My opinions and nobody else's. Wanda Prather -Original Message- From: Ted Byrne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 12:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-10 Thread Tab Trepagnier
MONTHS! Thanks. Tab "Seay, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 12/10/2001 04:57:33 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-10 Thread Bill Mansfield
Tab Trepagnier cc: Sent by: "ADSM: Subject: Re: Point system has me very confused Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] EDU>

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-10 Thread Seay, Paul
PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Point system has me very confused Paul / Steve, By that definition, one would not need a purchased license for "workstations" since the four-point license is for tier-1 servers. Yet we've had t

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-10 Thread Tab Trepagnier
; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Point system has me very confused You are correct, that is the definition of workstation vs server. -Original Message- From: Steve Harris [ma

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-10 Thread Seay, Paul
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 12:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Point system has me very confused Dwight, >Looking into things you realize that on 20 existing machines you have >NEVER use software distribution SO you just drop it from those >20 machine

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-09 Thread Ted Byrne
Dwight, >Looking into things you realize that on 20 existing machines you have >NEVER use software distribution SO you just drop it from those >20 machines and use the "freed points" to apply towards TSM client & >TWS points for your new 12 machines. Unfortunately, I believe that this is n

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-09 Thread Seay, Paul
You are correct, that is the definition of workstation vs server. -Original Message- From: Steve Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 6:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Point system has me very confused As I understand it, if a machine provides a

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-09 Thread Steve Harris
As I understand it, if a machine provides a service to other machines then it is a server. If it doesn't then its a workstation. So, in the case of your B50, if the DB2 database is only used by users logged in to that box, its not a server. If its your classic 3 tiered application, but all co

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-09 Thread Seay, Paul
calculate everything. Do not know where you got the 8 processors as the break point unless that is a recent change. -Original Message- From: Jeff Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 8:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Point system has me very confused Can

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-08 Thread Prather, Wanda
anaged System for Lan" , or "managed System for San", not client licenses. HOpe that helps... -Original Message- From: Jeff Rogers To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12/7/2001 8:13 PM Subject: Point system has me very confused Can somebody help me to understand this point/tier sys

Re: Point system has me very confused

2001-12-07 Thread Cook, Dwight E (SAIC)
give that old piece of #@$%^ to you and let you take it home just to get it out of there ;-) later, Dwight -Original Message- From: Jeff Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 7:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Point system has me very confused C

Point system has me very confused

2001-12-07 Thread Jeff Rogers
Can somebody help me to understand this point/tier system. It understand that sharing Tivoli pricing information is some kind of no-no, so please feel free to reply off-list. What I think I understand so far. Workstation Clients ??? Tier 1 - 1 ~ 4 processors on Intel 32bit hardware. Tier 2 -