We received ours in about 3 weeks after request to swdist AT tivoli DOT com. 
The delay
is not ubiquitous.

Scott

On Oct 20,  9:14am, Doug McPherson wrote:
> Subject: Re: V5.1 GA
> > I am told by my IBM rep that Framework 3.6 and NetView 5.1 would be made
> > available over this past weekend in the UK and therefore I can expect to
> > receive my upgrades mid-this-week.  I have difficulty believing any
> > excuses these days why non-USA customers have to wait an extra month.

>
> Good luck to you, Jane.
> We have yet to receive our update here in "the colonies", even after the
> appropriate emails to our account manager and swdist@tivoli... So much
> for "automatic updates" as part of our support contract.  Perhaps the
> upgrades are being hand-carried from Austin|Raleigh and they haven't
> made it this far north or east... If that's the case, your docs may be a
> little soggy when you get them... ;^)
>
> /doug
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>-- End of excerpt from Doug McPherson