Guten Morgen Thomas,

I cant help you with NSM experience,

but I just signed a SW-Service contract with IBM ( ie. TIVOLI -Austria ) so
I can tell you a little abouth the pricing. You have to buy the TSM Server
SW with all
the Tier Support you need ( so here the pricing differs). When you buy it,
you get an "upgrade protection" for the first year. (  this means you will
get ALL Updates and NEW versions without any charge in the first year ).
After that - if you need a new version you have two possibilities :

1) Buy the SW again
2) Sign a SW Maintenance contract and you will receive all updates and NEW
versions again. ( But - you HAVE TO BUY all the years passed, since you
payed the lasttime the full price )

As the pricing for SW-maintenance contract is based on Tiers (1-3) I can
just give you an example:

1x TSM Server for AIX ( Tier 2 ; UNIX Server with< 24 Processors )
1x TSM Advanced Library ( 3775 in our case )
5x TSM Client ( Tier1 - Intel based)
5x TSM Client  ( Tier2 - Unix based )
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gives a charge of about ATS: 60.000.- per year

To get a real pricing for your environment I think its best to contact yout
IBM or TIVOLI rep.

herfried

EUROSTAR - Graz/Austria
A DaimlerChrysler Company






"Rupp Thomas (Illwerke)" <thomas.rupp AT ILLWERKE DOT AT>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on
23.07.2001 17:54:05

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Subject:  TSM upgrade on NSM


Hi TSM-ers,

we are running TSM 3.7.2 on a NSM (network storage manager).
Now I was told by IBM that the upgrade to TSM 4.1 (this is done
by an IBM SE) is included with the service contract but the software
upgrade is not.
So we should pay for TSM 4.1 but not for the man doing the upgrade.

Is this true? What's your experience with NSM in this respect? How
much did you get charged for the server software?

Kind regards and greetings from Austria
Thomas Rupp
Vorarlberger Illwerke AG
MAIL:   thomas.rupp AT illwerke DOT at
TEL:    ++43/5574/4991-251
FAX:    ++43/5574/4991-820-8251



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