I do not think there is such a thing as a true-up with IBM.
In a PVU licensing environment, if you get hit by an IBM Audit (as we did last
year) you are expected to have all TSM servers and clients properly licensed at
all times except for:
- test/developement TSM servers
- servers/nodes being migrated (it is correct that you have a 3 months 'grace'
period if you are updating/migrating nodes, servers or data centers, there is
an IBM document (which I can't find right now) from last year explaining this)
- decommisioned nodes/servers
With new nodes you are actually expected to have the required PVUs in your PVU
pool *before* you install the TSM client (or at least before you do the first
backup).
IBM are really doing what they can to 'persuade' their customers to join the
Capacity model :-)
- Bent
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Fra: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] På vegne af Del
Hoobler [hoobler AT US.IBM DOT COM]
Sendt: 29. maj 2014 20:28
Til: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Emne: Re: [ADSM-L] out of TSM compliance period question
There is no IBM document for this.
You need to work with your IBM account team to make sure
you are getting the answers you need to stay compliant.
Del
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu> wrote on 05/29/2014
01:57:41 PM:
> From: Martin Harriss <martin AT PRINCETON DOT EDU>
> To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
> Date: 05/29/2014 01:59 PM
> Subject: Re: out of TSM compliance period question
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu>
>
> On 03/05/2014 02:36 PM, Mark Blunden wrote:
> > The IBM requirement is a true up once a year, on your renewal
anniversary.
> >
> > However, TSM license are perpetual, which means they never expire, or
never
> > stop working. The renewal process allows you to call support in the
event
> > of an issue, and also allows you to download new versions and fixes.
> >
> > If you are migrating from one machine to another, you do not have to
buy
> > licenses to cover both machines. IBM allows you to exceed your license
> > count in this instance as you will eventually remove the old one after
> > migration. I think you have 3 months to migrate, but that number may
be
> > wrong.
> >
> > If you are using the old PVU license method, then obviously newer
machines
> > generally have larger core counts, and thus incur a higher value.
> > If you are on the TB license model, then you can deploy as many
clients as
> > you wish.
>
>
> This is a question that we've wanted an "official" answer to for some
> time -- is there an IBM document somewhere that says you need to true up
> once a year??
>
> Martin
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