Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-15 Thread David J. Chase
Re: Posting From r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl on Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:50:31 +0200 Well. I thought the rules are slightly different: it is enough to run some product ONCE during reporting period (month) to pay for that. More precisely: if you run ABC product on LPAR1 (only) and LPAR1 highest

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-14 Thread R.S.
Edward Jaffe pisze: R.S. wrote: It is also worth to mention that IBM is the only company which is not try to catch the customer. I read several horror stories on this forum, on ISVcosts list, from own experience - almost any other company presents license agreements that HAVE to be

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-14 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:50:02 +0200 R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl wrote: :I recant. :I shouldn't say that IBM is the only honest company. That should be the :only honest company *I know* . This statement does not preclude other :companies. :Obviously I didn't mean PSI, because I had

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-14 Thread R.S.
Binyamin Dissen pisze: On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:50:02 +0200 R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl wrote: :I recant. :I shouldn't say that IBM is the only honest company. That should be the :only honest company *I know* . This statement does not preclude other :companies. :Obviously I didn't

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-14 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:24:20 +0200 R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl wrote: :Binyamin Dissen pisze: : On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:50:02 +0200 R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl : wrote: : :I recant. : :I shouldn't say that IBM is the only honest company. That should be the : :only honest company

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-14 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I don't have to look for gotchas. I negotiate prices, but usually not TsCs. Boy! Are you naive! TC are negotiable! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-14 Thread R.S.
Ted MacNEIL pisze: I don't have to look for gotchas. I negotiate prices, but usually not TsCs. Boy! Are you naive! TC are negotiable! I'm not naive. I know that TsCs are negotiable, as everything in business. It is strange: when I complained about IBM on the list, I was scolded. Now I said

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-14 Thread Kelman, Tom
Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Relson Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 8:00 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors A vendor could write SMF Type 89 records that record something other

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-14 Thread Kelman, Tom
- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors Scott Barry wrote: CA Common Services (CAIRIM) is writing SMF 89 data

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-14 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 9/14/2009 1:51:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time, r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl writes: company. However *every* ISV's license agreement I met needed negotiation. Not only for the price, but first of all terms and conditions. Sometimes it was small change, but sometimes

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-14 Thread Rick Fochtman
Let's face it: some vendors are very fair and accomodating while others have practices that can only be characterized as predatory. I've dealt with both kinds. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-14 Thread Rick Fochtman
--snip-- Let me understand this correctly. You accept all IBM boilerplate agreements with zero negotiation??? -unsnip If so, I want whatever it is that he's smoking!

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-14 Thread Kelman, Tom
] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 10:39 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors Kelman, Tom wrote: What is said here might be true for those products that are doing sub-capacity pricing based on MSUs. They just need

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-14 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Let's face it: some vendors are very fair and accomodating while others have practices that can only be characterized as predatory. I've dealt with both kinds. So have I. As a Capacity Analyst, I have been more involved in costing, than I've ever wanted to be. I knew this was going to happen

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-14 Thread Edward Jaffe
Kelman, Tom wrote: What is said here might be true for those products that are doing sub-capacity pricing based on MSUs. They just need to register/deregister their product to write the MULC data. However, as I said in a previous post, I know that the IBM CPCS and imaging software cause SMF89

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-14 Thread Edward Jaffe
Kelman, Tom wrote: That's all well and good. However, I just did a D PROD,STATE on my systems and several products - CPCS, the imaging software, CICS, DB2, and MQ - are not in this list, but they are all producing SMF Type89 records. The ones for CICS, DB2, and MQ are run though SCRT every

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-13 Thread R.S.
Edward Jaffe pisze: [...] Such tactics do not work with IBM. Reagan's Trust but Verify applies. They have an elaborate (almost Rube Goldberg-like) system in place to monitor and report usage. Yes and no. IBM is one of very few companies which do not use execution keys. I don't know any IBM

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-13 Thread Edward Jaffe
R.S. wrote: It is also worth to mention that IBM is the only company which is not try to catch the customer. I read several horror stories on this forum, on ISVcosts list, from own experience - almost any other company presents license agreements that HAVE to be negotiated. Only IBM's license

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-13 Thread Ted MacNEIL
It is also worth to mention that IBM is the only company which is not try to catch the customer. BS! Which planet are you from? I read several horror stories on this forum, on ISVcosts list, from own experience - almost any other company presents license agreements that HAVE to be

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-13 Thread Stephen Mednick
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Monday, 14 September 2009 7:06 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors R.S. wrote: It is also worth to mention

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-13 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Your statements are unfair, inaccurate, subjective opinion presented as fact, and ought to be recanted... Totally agree!!! I'm a customer AND I totally agree, as well! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-12 Thread Peter Relson
A vendor could write SMF Type 89 records that record something other than MSUs. IBM actually does this with their Check Processing Control System (CPCS) and imaging software. Those products write Type 89 records that record the number of items processed. It seems really unlikely that anyone

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-12 Thread Edward Jaffe
R.S. wrote: It is possible to convince vendor that some LPAR never exceeds xxx MIPS/MSU and no checking is done. Despite of CPU upgrades. And of course it is possible to convince vendor that their product is being used only on that LPAR. It is sometimes possible to convince vendor that we use

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-12 Thread Scott Barry
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:59:36 -0400, Peter Relson rel...@us.ibm.com wrote: A vendor could write SMF Type 89 records that record something other than MSUs. IBM actually does this with their Check Processing Control System (CPCS) and imaging software. Those products write Type 89 records that

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-12 Thread Edward Jaffe
Scott Barry wrote: CA Common Services (CAIRIM) is writing SMF 89 data today, contributing to SMF 89 and MULC (SMF type 30) analysis and reporting for many of its software products. This effort came about in the past year's time-frame, having been revealed (remember - CA does not announce

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-11 Thread R.S.
Edward Jaffe pisze: [...] IBM SCRT does not support ISV products. Period. Why? SCRT is based on two records: a) CPU utilization (SMF72 afaik) b) products launched (SMF89) Record 72 reporting does not require any change - so ISV would know what the 4HRA was on each LPAR. There is still no

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Packer
I thought it was Type 70 rather than Type 72. (70 is CPU, 72 is Workload.) Being in IBM Software Group I suppose I ought to pay more attention to software pricing. :-) Martin Martin Packer Performance Consultant IBM United Kingdom Ltd +44-20-8832-5167 +44-7802-245-584 email:

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-11 Thread R.S.
Martin Packer pisze: I thought it was Type 70 rather than Type 72. (70 is CPU, 72 is Workload.) Being in IBM Software Group I suppose I ought to pay more attention to software pricing. :-) Yes, it is SMF70. I haven't checked before writing. However it is irrelevant for the main topic. --

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-11 Thread Edward Jaffe
Kelman, Tom wrote: A vendor could write SMF Type 89 records that record something other than MSUs. IBM actually does this with their Check Processing Control System (CPCS) and imaging software. Those products write Type 89 records that record the number of items processed. I have to run those

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-11 Thread Norman Hollander on DesertWiz
: Friday, September 11, 2009 SYSN 10:19 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors R.S. wrote: Edward Jaffe pisze: [...] IBM SCRT does not support ISV products. Period. Why? SCRT is based on two records: a) CPU utilization (SMF72 afaik) b) products launched

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-11 Thread Edward Jaffe
R.S. wrote: Edward Jaffe pisze: [...] IBM SCRT does not support ISV products. Period. Why? SCRT is based on two records: a) CPU utilization (SMF72 afaik) b) products launched (SMF89) [I know you mean SMF 70.] The above is only partially true. SCRT has a hard-coded list of supported

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-11 Thread Kelman, Tom
A vendor could write SMF Type 89 records that record something other than MSUs. IBM actually does this with their Check Processing Control System (CPCS) and imaging software. Those products write Type 89 records that record the number of items processed. I have to run those Type 89 records

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-11 Thread R.S.
Edward Jaffe pisze: [...] [I know you mean SMF 70.] The above is only partially true. SCRT has a hard-coded list of supported products inside. (Browse the module under ISPF to find their names.) These are the only products for which SCRT reporting is possible. If you don't believe me, try

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-11 Thread Edward Jaffe
R.S. wrote: Well. I thought the rules are slightly different: it is enough to run some product ONCE during reporting period (month) to pay for that. More precisely: if you run ABC product on LPAR1 (only) and LPAR1 highest usage is nnn MSU then you pay for product ABC as it would consume nnn

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-11 Thread Ted MacNEIL
More precisely: if you run ABC product on LPAR1 (only) and LPAR1 highest usage is nnn MSU then you pay for product ABC as it would consume nnn MSU on that LPAR. And it doesn't matter that you ran the product only once, 3 days before the peak occured. We ran into something similar when we

Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-10 Thread Ken Porowski
For a non-IBM vendor that does sub-capacity licensing how do you get the data to them? Send them the SCRT .csv file? Send them a number and hope they trust you? Do they actually alter the charges on a monthly basis? If using SCRT data is it product specific (e.g. for a DB2 tool you use SCRT

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-10 Thread Kelman, Tom
...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ken Porowski Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:16 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors For a non-IBM vendor that does sub-capacity licensing how do you get the data to them? Send them the SCRT .csv file? Send them

Re: Sub Capacity Reporting for non IBM Vendors

2009-09-10 Thread Edward Jaffe
Ken Porowski wrote: For a non-IBM vendor that does sub-capacity licensing how do you get the data to them? Send them the SCRT .csv file? Send them a number and hope they trust you? Do they actually alter the charges on a monthly basis? If using SCRT data is it product specific (e.g. for a