I guess you know that the 3466 (Netstor) TSM-server-in-a-box comes with
unlimited client licenses....

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Joshua S. Bassi
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 2:28 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Floating Client License Period
>
>
> All,
>
> I have a customer who has plans to backup thousands of small Linux
> boxes.  These boxes will be backed up incrementally until the 100GB
> partition on each is full and then they will perform a full backup.  At
> that time, the client will be decommissioned and not back up any longer.
> Cost is a major issue for this customer.  They cannot afford to buy 1
> client license for each of these tiny hosts.
>
> When the TSM Value Based Pricing model came out, I seem to remember
> hearing that if a client was no longer backing up, after a certain
> amount of time, the client license would be put back into the pool.  I
> have seen this in a couple of accounts where I have come in and upgrade
> the TSM server as well - there were 30 clients defined and only 25 were
> "in use."
>
> My question is: after how many days, will the client stop being "in use"
> and free up a license for reuse?
>
>
> --
> Joshua S. Bassi
> Independent IT Consultant
> IBM Certified - AIX/HACMP, SAN, Shark
> Tivoli Certified Consultant- ADSM/TSM
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>