Hi Zoltan,

Spectrum Protect Plus was added to the Spectrum Protect Suites and 
Spectrum Storage Suite in 4Q17.

That means, if you are a Suite customer, you are entitled to use Spectrum 
Protect Plus.

        
https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS217-552&appname=USN



Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 03/15/2018 
08:51:29 AM:

> From: Zoltan Forray <zforray AT VCU DOT EDU>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Date: 03/15/2018 08:52 AM
> Subject: SPP licensing/included with SP Extended Edition/Suite?
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 
> Back a while ago, I could never get ahold of my IBM representative to 
ask
> questions about licensing so I am taking a shot here.
> 
> Per Passport, we license IBM Spectrum Protect Extended Edition and IBM
> Spectrum Protect Suite.
> 
> When going through the Passport software download list, it includes
> Spectrum Protect Plus.  From yesterdays presentation of SPP, it looks 
like
> a clone of VMware vDP (which is being discontinued), which we use and
> realize we need to move away from.  So management is very interested in 
SPP.
> 
> The question I have is, since it is in my software download list on
> Passport, are we automatically licensed for it?
> 
> One item on the list of downloadable SPP pieces-parts is the item "IBM
> Spectrum Protect Plus V10.1.0 License Key for Trial Upgrade Multilingual
> (CNMM8ML)"
> 
> Does this mean the base SPP is considered a "trial" and this is my 
official
> key to un-trial it? Other files in the list include "IBM Spectrum 
Protect
> Plus V10.1.0 for Vmware Multilingual (CNMM0ML)" and "IBM Spectrum 
Protect
> Plus V10.1.0 for Vmware Trial Multilingual (CNMM1ML)"
> 
> 
> 
> --
> *Zoltan Forray*
> Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator
> Xymon Monitor Administrator
> VMware Administrator
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> UCC/Office of Technology Services
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