Every node id you define participates in the license audit.  Let's say you
are licensed for 30 machines with 2 processors.  If you defined 150 nodes,
you would have to register 150 license nodes in TSM, but you are still only
running on 30 machines.  If you only install the client on 30 machines you
are within license.  The license and audit function is so you can control
your licensing.  Tivoli, I am sure, would like to force license compliance.
However, the amount of code and the potential to mess this up are a serious
challenge and they appear to have given up for now.

Paul D. Seay, Jr.
Technical Specialist
Naptheon Inc.
757-688-8180