Correct me if I am wrong but I always thought even right now (I)TSM
licenses are licensed by physical machines. The license was depending on
the size of the box in VBP (TMP-based) and number of processors in
EVBP-schemas. And this ought to be for both server and client. If you run
several server instances over same box it is up to you. If you have many
nodenames or schedulers on a client box - again your decision. The license
covers the box, not the OS instances.

Thus if you have an RS/6000 SP you are buying Tier 3 VBP license (assuming
the SP is >= 24 proc) and can run TSM server on whatever number of nodes
you want.
If you have a mighty Intel box you buy adequate number of EVBP processor
licenses and this ought to cover *any* number of instances in it - be they
Linux native, Linux in VMWare or Windows in VMWare.

You can always ask an IBM/Tivoli rep but better read the Announcement
Letter before. I've argued many times with success to IBMers pointing
*exact* verbage in an Announcement Letter. This is an official IBM written
document which prevales any personal opinion.

Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant






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OK, one would need to verify with Tivoli/IBM but I seem to recall hearing
TSM servers being licensed by physical machine.
IF that is the case then multiple virtual machines under VMware opens up a
whole new world of possibilities as far as cost savings go!
AND where you could run multiple windows based servers on virtual
machines,
you could cut costs even more with multiple virtual Linux servers.
just some thoughts

Dwight