Andi,
It seems it would make this easier for the customers if IBM included the 
license with the newer levels (which are recommended for download), so that 
IBM's base level issue becomes irrelevant.    It would simplify this for our 
users for sure!

Ben Alford
University of Tennessee

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Andrew Raibeck
Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 11:40 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] missing dsmlicense

Hi all,

The IBM Spectrum Protect server package is updated with a new license when the 
code is "re-based", i..e, that new level is being established as a new base 
level of the software (not necessarily an x.x.0.0 level). It is the re-based 
server packages that are put on Passport Advantage. 7.1.3.0 was the most recent 
re-base of the server.

Best regards,

Andy

____________________________________________________________________________

Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | storman AT us.ibm DOT com

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links:
Product support:
https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager

Online documentation:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html

Product Wiki:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2016-04-06
11:21:23:

> From: Robert Talda <rpt4 AT CORNELL DOT EDU>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Date: 2016-04-06 11:23
> Subject: Re: missing dsmlicense
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>
> Charles, et al:
>   Been dealing with this type of issue on the various TDP software 
> packages for years.  Best I can tell, the licensing people had their 
> own sense of version/release/level/sub-level, and so we would often 
> have to install older versions of the TDP software then upgrade to the 
> version we wanted OR extract the license file from the old installer 
> and apply it post-new install.
>
>   Now that IBM has discarded the version/release/level/sub-level 
> model, I only expect this incongruency to only get worse.  Until, of 
> course, it gets better ;-)
>
>
>
> Robert Talda
> EZ-Backup Systems Engineer
> Cornell University
> +1 607-255-8280
> rpt4 AT cornell DOT edu
>
>
> > On Apr 6, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Nixon, Charles D. (David)
> <cdnixon AT CARILIONCLINIC DOT ORG> wrote:
> >
> > I second this question.  So the answer we got from our storage
> software sales team is to download 7.1.3, extract the license file.
> Then, download the version you want to want to use, extract and 
> install that, then copy the file over.  Seems like way more work than 
> it should be.  Do we only get new license files included once a
year?
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] on behalf of
> Matthew McGeary [Matthew.McGeary AT POTASHCORP DOT COM]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 9:23 AM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] missing dsmlicense
> >
> > Hello Rick,
> >
> > Last time I checked Passport Advantage, I only had 7.1.3 available
> for download and the license file from 7.1.3 works fine in 7.1.4 and 
> 7.1.5.  If you check your 7.1.3 files, you'll find the license there.
> >
> > Can anyone from IBM tell me why 7.1.4 or 7.1.5 is not available on
> the Passport site?
> >
> >
> >
> > From:        "Rhodes, Richard L." <rrhodes AT FIRSTENERGYCORP DOT COM>
> > To:        ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Date:        04/06/2016 06:33 AM
> > Subject:        [ADSM-L] missing dsmlicense
> > Sent by:        "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > We did a new install of TSM 7.1.4 just to check it out.
> > (ok, we screwed up a upgrade on a test instance and decided to do
> a new/clean install.)
> >
> > After doing this install, it comes up with these messages:
> >
> > 03/17/16   08:27:06     ANR9649I An EVALUATION LICENSE for IBM
> System Storage
> >                         Archive Manager will expire on 04/15/16.
> (PROCESS: 6)
> >
> > When you try and run reg lic, it throws this:
> >
> > ANR9613W Error loading /opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/dsmlicense for
> Licensing function.
> >
> > That file does NOT exist.  It DOES exist on our existing TSM 6.4
systems.
> >
> > IBM support thinks we have a mixed 64bit(dsmserv)/32bit(dsmlicense)
problem,
> > but the file simply does not exist.
> >
> >
> > Q)  Where do you get the dsmlicense file for v7.1.4?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Rick
> >
>