>> On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:23:23 -0400, Bill Mansfield <Bill.Mansfield AT 
>> US.LOGICALIS DOT COM> said:

> IBM does have a tool that properly counts CPUs [...]  List price
> about $26/CPU.

ARGH!

> I agree that TSM should contain something to help out with
> licensing, but be careful what you ask for - other vendors that do
> that enforce licensing by server (you have to get specific license
> key registrations for each server).  Not a good tradeoff.


This is a policy decision, not a technical one.  The TSM server will
-already- report license compliance, against an obsolete standard.
IBM can choose wether the response is to shut down your server, or to,
say, contact your business partner: Time to buy more!


- Allen S. Rout