I second the motion, Steve!

TSM should be able to track/mange the license scheme.
Or they should provide an additional tool to do it -
without charging you $100K for the tool!



David B. Longo
System Administrator
Health First, Inc.
3300 Fiske Blvd.
Rockledge, FL 32955-4305
PH      321.434.5536
Pager  321.634.8230
Fax:    321.434.5509
david.longo AT health-first DOT org


>>> Steven Harris <steve AT STEVENHARRIS DOT INFO> 2/6/2007 7:11 PM >>>
Hi All,

I was looking at the TSM 5.4 announcement letter and notice that 5.4
now
attracts "Processor Value Unit" pricing.  The (AP) announcement letter
points you to the PVU announcement letter AP06-0154, which contains a
lot of justification and not much else.  It in turn points you to a
website for detailed information - but this is just the passport
advantage portal.

I have a few concerns.
First, PVU pricing may mean an effective price rise, although it is
hard
to tell without detailed information. Certainly its a change.
Second, why is it so hard to find definitive information? This should
be
widely published on a publicly available website.
Third, yet again the administrative burden of tracking licencing
requires detailed hardware information to be maintained and correlated
with the TSM usage.  Again, the product has not been enhanced to
automatically collect and maintain  this information, providing a
significant overhead for administrators and a lack of assurance that
licencing is *ever* correct.   Sure IBM has the right to change their
licencing model, but they should also provide tools to do the job
efficiently and effectively and provide an audit function to allow
customers to know they are correctly licensed.

If anyone has been able to find the PVU detail could they please post
it
for those of us who don't have access to Passport Advantage?

Thanks

Steve.

Steven Harris
AIX and TSM Admin, Brisbane Australia