I don't disagree with you, but we're still waiting for official
confirmation from IBM on the EOS. If they do confirm it we're going to
be royally PO'ed since it'll mess up our budget planning.
Mark Jacobs
On 04/09/12 09:09, Jousma, David wrote:
I don't know about the EOS on EKM, nor am I aware of the "cost" of ISKLM Lite, but I will tell you
that it is plug-to-plug compatible with EKM making the conversion pretty easy. Biggest change was changing
the startup JCL, and other parameters that changed the letters "EKM" to "ISKLM".
My company went ahead and licensed the new version. EKM/ISKLM has been very
stable, with no problems ever at my site, BUT if it broke and we were unable to
read/write our encrypted tapes the cost of that outage would negate any savings
from not upgrading to a supported version.
Does it stink that IBM now charges for something that was free? You-betcha. I guess
you have 3 options: 1) Negotiate a better price from IBM and get on a supported version,
2) start converting your encrypted tapes to non-encrypted, and discontinue the use of the
software, Or 3) continue on unsupported software, but get that letter from your CIO as
your "get-out-of-jail free" card if the worst ever happens.
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I know all that, but we were floored by the statement made by IBM on the call
yesterday. I'm trying to get it confirmed.
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