Old EKM is packaged with JAVA 6.0. It is removed in 6.0.1 and up. As long as JAVA 6.0 is in support, I would think that version of EKM would be ok yet.
And it does appear to be true that IBM is now charging for the replacement ISKLM product, but it us usage based. However, it does not appear to be very expensive, and it the "lite" version that does not require DB2 backend or the SSRE(system services Runtime environment, which I believe to be OEMWAS). We did migrate to it. Gonna be hard to explain to the PHB when you can't read your tapes anymore if you run on something unsupported. Does it stink that IBM is now charging for something that used to be free? U bet. Although it seems you should be able to 'negotiate" a price since you purchased the hardware encryption feature on your 359x drives that is worthless without it. Here is the link to the announcement(watch the wrap): http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/0/872/ENUSAP11-0100/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en _________________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Services [email protected] 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 MD RSCB2H p 616.653.8429 f 616.653.2717 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 10:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Is there a no cost replacement for EKM? We are getting ready to upgrade to z/OS V1.13 and have a question of EKM (Encryption Key Manager). I know that if I do not hold onto the Java 1.6.0 files - it might not work. So is there a no charge replacement for EKM? Or is IBM forcing customers to go to Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager? Thanks Lizette ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
