Old Value-Based Pricing (VBP) scheme was distinguishing only the *servers* but not clients. New Enhanced VBP (EVBP) is counting the number of processors on both servers and nodes: 1. Processors managed by the product (i.e. processors on TSM nodes) 2. Processors in which the managing server is installed (i.e. processors on the TSM servers) I already pointed the major source of this information (IBM EMEA Announcement Letter ZP02-0172) and provided the URL. The explanation what this brief description means was found in an internal IBM presentation and neither I've seen it nor have any right (and chance) to quote parts of it. So those TSM installations which have many workstations, uniprocessor PC server nodes and UNIX server nodes with up to 3-4 processors would get benefit of new pricing. Others using TSM mostly for backup of servers (and especially mid-class multi-processor servers) would see price increase for new licenses. Example 8-proc AIX/HP-UX/Solaris box required one Tier 2 MgSysLAN license and now requires 8 "Processor Charge Units". Same for LAN-free - MgSysSAN license is less expensive than 8 ISM EE processor licenses. And if you go to Enterprise Edition because of *ONE* server all other processors are at the higher price. I still do have to get an answer can customer buy ISM and ISM EE licenses. The question how goes the migration of VBP Tivoli Management Points (TMPs) to EVBP processors/clients still stays unanswered. I'll keep in touch.
Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: New Tivoli licensing - what "processor" mean (RESOLVED) This is not what happens when you try to order Tivoli. It is based on the number of processors in the server. The server code is not free. I would get your Tivoli rep to check, because this is not what I was told by Tivoli. Now they have done some things with pricing to make it less expensive for smaller customers, but nothing I have found said that the server code was free. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Greg Tice Sent: April 17, 2002 6:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Tivoli licensing - what "processor" mean (RESOLVED) For what it is worth, below is some 'plain english' verbiage our Tivoli rep sent to us regarding the new pricing structure. Hope this helps clarify things a small bit. "IBM announced TSM V.5 last week and this announcement included new pricing. TSM is now priced based upon the number of processors in the backup client machines and there is no charge for the TSM server software. This will reduce the cost of TSM in small environments and increase the cost for large installs." Greg P. Tice Enterprise Storage Management Schneider Technology Services "Rushforth, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PEG.MB.CA> cc: Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Fax to: Stor Manager" Subject: Re: New Tivoli licensing - what "processor" mean <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (RESOLVED) U> 04/17/2002 15:31 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Hi Zlatko: Where did you find the definitions for "Processors" and "Clients". Thanks, Tim Rushforth City of Winnipeg -----Original Message----- From: Zlatko Krastev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 5:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Tivoli licensing - what "processor" mean (RESOLVED) Hello fellow *SMers, even if I do not like the answer we've found it. According to IBM EMEA Announcement Letter ZP02-0172 (http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/emealets&parms=H_ERIFZP020172), Section "Ordering IBM Tivoli Products" "One or more charge units are associated with each product. These charge units are: - Processors managed by the product - Clients managed by the product - Distributed servers managed by the product - zSeries processors managed by the product - Processors in which the managing server is installed" Processors are based upon TSM server and TSM *nodes* processors if they are servers in customer application environment. If it is a workstation (appl. client) it requires "client" license and no "processors". So if we have an (imaginary) ISM installation consisting of dual-processor TSM server, cluster of two four-processor Oracle servers, uniprocessor file server, uniprocessor MDC and 20 dual-processor Xeon/2GHz CAD stations, we would need 12 "processor" and 20 "client" charge units for IBM TSM (5698-ISM) or IBM TSM EE (5698-ISE) and (optional) eight processors for IBM TSM for Databases (5698-APD). Right now I cannot calculate all possible configurations nor predict any averages or stats but for some configurations price would change slightly while for some others will drop significantly. OTOH I can make (not so) artificial configuration which would have an increased price. This raises the issue how to migrate Tivoli Management Points from Value-Based Pricing to Processors and Clients in Enhanced VBP. Also another question to ask is - does a customer need to buy additional licenses to keep its license compliance. This is another story and I have to dig more. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant
