We are still trying to get our minds around the crap we were sent by the
auditors. What we were told in meetings and what actually happened
turned out to be 180 out, and basically must have had the same
experience. The good news here is some idiot already has brought in NBU,
which has caused all kinds of turmoil, so whatever happens it's just a
matter of turning one off and paying a bundle to bring the other one up
to speed. If they were smart they'd move it all to TSM since I can
already handle everything they have, but they're not, which is why we
have 2 to begin with.

 
Geoff Gill 
TSM Administrator 
PeopleSoft Sr. Systems Administrator 
SAIC M/S-G1b 
(858)826-4062 
Email: geoffrey.l.gill AT saic DOT com 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-adsm-l AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU [mailto:owner-adsm-l AT VM.MARIST DOT 
EDU] On
Behalf Of Howard Coles
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:49 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: TSM being abandoned?

Well, I would have to say as a recent victim of that process it did
suck, (and yes I am toning it down).  If IBM wants to audit the customer
that's fine, but make sure the company you outsource that to has a clue
and is customer oriented and not hostile!

The original imbecilic person who started our audit didn't understand
Oracle TDP or CPU based licensing properly, and was downright rude about
it.
I had to prove to him from IBM emails that the way we were licensed was
proper according to IBM.

At one point I recommended and threatened our IBM rep with migrating off
of TSM.

See Ya'
Howard