Andrew Raibeck wrote:

As for your question about "consequences", there really aren't any. The
GUID is out there as a possible reporting field, but otherwise you can
safely disregard it. There is no impact on TSM operation.

As in "Phase I of yet another licensing mechanism", which might explain
its being added to the distributions as an afterthought to the tar
packages?

Which would explain the "more money licensing scheme" coupled with the
frustrating experience of toggling over to TSM administration from
routine AIX administration, especially with respect to trying to iron
out all the pre-reqs and patches needed, while maintaining service in a
production environment.

I agree with the comments of others here that the product is a good one,
but the product management severely could use more detailed attention
from IBM, which needs to act a bit more like a parent in this case, it
seems.

Just wondering.

Dan Goodman
Systems Engineer Specialist
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia PA 19107