TDP licensing question

[shanafin]

Hello,

We are contemplating using TSM-TDP-Client for Exchange and TSM TDP for DataBases to back up our exchange and SQL, Oracle servers and we're trying to do a cost analysis. From everything that I can find out to this point we would need only one TDP license to back up one exchange server. More specifically TDP should be licensed by occurrence of application or better stated “per instance of exchange”. TDP should not be licensed per CPU of the machine that it's running on. So as an example, if we had a machine using two CPUs that we wanted to run Microsoft Exchange on and back it up with the help of TDP, We would need a total of three licenses... one TDP license and two TSM base/client license? Does anyone that's using TDP know if this is correct?

Thanks

 

[shanafin]

Hello,

Are there any links like this one that describe how IBM licenses TDP and Database licenses. I don't see anything on TSM-TDP-Client for Exchange or TSM TDP for DataBases in this link.

http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-...s/processor_value_unit_licensing_announcement

Thanks,
Steve

 

[shanafin]

We ended up contacting IBM and giving them the raw data and they sorted it out for us. The per value units licensing structure that was announced in June 2006 had us a bit confused. Contacting IBM for this would be my advice, otherwise it can get a little confusing.