At this point in time, you can order using the old pricing method or the new "per processor" method. The per processor charge applies to systems that will run the TSM Server code and what are called "Managed Systems" which are systems that are providing some type of "Server" services (i.e. fileserver, etc..), desktops and laptops are "Clients" and you pay a flat fee for their licenses, not per processor.
If you are looking to renew your licenses and would like a pricing comparison using the old method and the new method, I can do that. You do have the option to purchase TSM software using the old method OR the new method for a couple more weeks. Hope this helps. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nici Albrecht MDR Consulting & Education, Inc. 210-860-4641 IBM Business Partner TSM Certified AIX Certified --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At 12:59 PM 4/26/2002 +0300, you wrote: >--> if we were to go out and license TSM for our shop NOW > >I got spoken answer from IBM rep, that till end of May you can still order >TMPs (VBP based) licenses. > >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 > >I seem to recall seeing somewhere (Maybe on this list?) that Tivoli is >still >wrestling with that question. > >I may be wrong, but what I'm seeing so far leads me to believe that if we >were to go out and license TSM for our shop NOW, without benefit of >upgrades >and Passport Advantage -- we wouldn't be able to cost-justify it. Even if >there were NO alternative. I won't know for sure until I see some >intelligible documentation on the pricing (I should point out that I have >yet to see anything *useable* on TSM pricing for the 4.x series beside >what >you provided a while back . . . certainly nothing from Tivoli or IBM). > >Tom Kauffman >NIBCO, Inc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bill Mansfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:23 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: New Tivoli licensing - what "processor" mean > > > > > > Tim, thanks for the clarification. I was thinking of TSM > > clients in the > > generic sense, not the license sense. > > > > Does anybody have a clear sense of how existing environments > > VBP license's > > are migrated to the new scheme? > > > > _____________________________ > > William Mansfield > > Senior Consultant > > Solution Technology, Inc > > > > > > > > > > > > "Rushforth, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 04/25/2002 02:16 PM > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > cc: > > Subject: Re: New Tivoli licensing - what > > "processor" mean > > > > > > Check the definitions > > (http://www.tivoli.com/products/licensing/enhanced-vbp-definit >ions.doc). > >"For IBM Tivoli products, processors installed in servers require >licensing." > >"A server is a computer system that provides services to one or more >clients >and/or other devices over a network. Examples include, but are not >limited >to, file servers, print servers, mail servers, database servers, >application >servers, and Web servers." > >So the NT clients would not require Processor licenses (unless they are >acting as a "Server"!) - but would require a Client license ("A client is >a >computer system or process that requests a service of another computer >system that is typically referred to as a server.") > >-----Original Message----- >From: Bill Mansfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 12:57 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: New Tivoli licensing - what "processor" mean > > >AFAIK, you count all processors, TSM server and TSM clients. If you have >a 2-processor Unix server and 10 1-processor NT clients, you have 12 >processors. You them multiple by the right $ amount depending on whether >you are "regular" or "enterprise edition". > > > >_____________________________ >William Mansfield >Senior Consultant >Solution Technology, Inc >630 718 4238
