There is no license charge for a TSM server, you can stand up as many
servers as you want.
What is licensed is the number of processors in servers or workstations you
are backing up.
However, you must include the processors in the TSM server(s) in the count.

So as long as you are licensed for enough processors to cover the new box,
you're legal.


On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Alexander Lazarevich <alazarev AT itg.uiuc DOT 
edu
> wrote:

> I have a questions about TSM licensing:
>
> We run TSM 5.3.4 on Windows 2000 Server, with an LTO2 and LTO3 library,
> attached via SCSI. It works fine.
>
> We are upgrading the entire system: new PC running Windows 2003 Server,
> TSM 5.5.1 and a new LTO4 library.
>
> Can I setup and install the new LTO4 library on the new server 5.5.1, and
> keep the old server 5.3.4 up and running the other two libraries?
> Eventually I want to migrate the older LTO libraries to the new server,
> but I don't want backups offline while I make the switch, so I need both
> online for a bit.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Alex
>