I don't know about the EOS on EKM, nor am I aware of the "cost" of ISKLM Lite, but I will tell you that it is plug-to-plug compatible with EKM making the conversion pretty easy. Biggest change was changing the startup JCL, and other parameters that changed the letters "EKM" to "ISKLM".
My company went ahead and licensed the new version. EKM/ISKLM has been very stable, with no problems ever at my site, BUT if it broke and we were unable to read/write our encrypted tapes the cost of that outage would negate any savings from not upgrading to a supported version. Does it stink that IBM now charges for something that was free? You-betcha. I guess you have 3 options: 1) Negotiate a better price from IBM and get on a supported version, 2) start converting your encrypted tapes to non-encrypted, and discontinue the use of the software, Or 3) continue on unsupported software, but get that letter from your CIO as your "get-out-of-jail free" card if the worst ever happens. _________________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Services david.jou...@53.com 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:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 11:20 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: End of Support for Encryption Key Manager (EKM) I know all that, but we were floored by the statement made by IBM on the call yesterday. I'm trying to get it confirmed. Mark Jacobs 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
