Woot!!!  How can they release this stuff with a straight face ?!??!!

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-----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