remember, IBM is run by layers and bookkeeper. So, development made great 
software, and then legal got to say something about it.

On 18 jul. 2012, at 19:37, Prather, Wanda wrote:

> Woot!!!  How can they release this stuff with a straight face ?!??!!
> 
> W
> 
> 
> 
> -----Keith Arbogast wrote: -----
> 
>> For those who are wavering between that and PVU based, it may help, 
>> depending on your client mix, to know that the 6.3 client reports 
>> Processor Vendor, Processor Brand, Processor Type, Processor Model and 
>> Processor Count. So, one doesn't  need to install the License Metric 
>> Tool on clients at that level. I'm presuming IBM would accept its own 
>> determination of that data, and not insist on it coming from the LMT.
> 
> From the documentation of the 'query pvuestimate' command in the Version 6.3 
> "Administrator's Reference":
> 
>    Note: The PVU information reported by Tivoli Storage Manager is
>    not considered an acceptable substitute for the IBM License
>    Metric Tool.
> 
> Thomas Denier,
> Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

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