ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] Moving to TSM Capacity based licensing from PVU - experiences

2012-07-17 11:28:02
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Moving to TSM Capacity based licensing from PVU - experiences
From: Thomas Denier <Thomas.Denier AT JEFFERSONHOSPITAL DOT ORG>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:19:25 -0400
-----Keith Arbogast wrote: -----

>For those who are wavering between that and PVU based, it may help,
>depending on your client mix, to know that the 6.3 client reports
>Processor Vendor, Processor Brand, Processor Type, Processor Model
>and Processor Count. So, one doesn't  need to install the License
>Metric Tool on clients at that level. I'm presuming IBM would accept
>its own determination of that data, and not insist on it coming from
>the LMT. 

>From the documentation of the 'query pvuestimate' command in the
Version 6.3 "Administrator's Reference":

    Note: The PVU information reported by Tivoli Storage Manager is
    not considered an acceptable substitute for the IBM License
    Metric Tool.

Thomas Denier,
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital