Thanks, I agree. Separate TSM server sounds reasonable. I think IBM may be deliberately vague in order to make it less tempting for customers to try something like this.
Hans Chr. On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Zoltan Forray <[email protected]> wrote: > We are on split/dual licensing for the same reason. We have . Yes, we had > to setup a separate TSM server and moved the PVU licensed nodes there. > Also we installed ILMT and those on the PVU server have the ILMT agent > installed. > > I never heard anything about separating / isolating the tape library. Can't > think how that would make sense since the whole point of PVU is that > storage occupancy doesn't matter and for the other nodes under storage > licensing, we simply run their queries for primary storage totals. Nowhere > does it matter where the storage is or how many offsite copies we make. > > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Bent Christensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Hans Christian, > > Earlier this year we were considering going from PVU to capacity > licensing > > but as 2/3 of our 1 PB primary pool capacity at that time was 'owned' by > > two nodes only, we asked IBM if we somehow could do both licensing > schemes. > > > > The answer was we would need two Passport Advantage sites and that the > two > > servers + TSM server servicing those had to be in a completely separate > > location, and just moving the servers to our fail-over facility a few > > hundred meters away from the main facility would not be considered > > 'separate' enough. > > > > Regards, > > > > - Bent > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > Hans Christian Riksheim > > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 11:35 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [ADSM-L] Mix PVU and Terabyte licensing > > > > We are on a volume licensing scheme but we are considering PVU licensing > > for a new project since the volume/CPU ratio there is very high. As I > > understand we can do this as long as the two different environments are > > separate. > > > > I haven't yet got a definitive answer on what IBM means by separate > > environments. It sounds reasonable that the PVU clients must reside on > > dedicated TSM servers but then I also hear some mumbling about separate > > libraries as well which would be a drag since we use library sharing. > > > > Any comments or experience? We would prefer to be on the safe side here > > for obvious reasons. > > > > Regards, > > > > Hans Chr. > > > > > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > [email protected] - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html >
