On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:22:05 -0500, Kelman, Tom wrote: >> >And just to add to Bob's excellent explanation, as always. If you've >just upgraded your hardware and didn't have the IPLA agreement in place >you probably got extra entitlement based on the full capacity of the >processor. In that case you're stuck, because as was stated in a >previous post IBM doesn't give it back. We ran into that with out >upgrade last June from a 620 MIPS processor to a 1004 MIPS processor. We >signed the agreement for EWLC licensing but didn't know about the need >for a separate IPLA agreement. So now we are paying full price for our >IPLA products. >
I heard back from our rep and our IPLA products are licensed for the full capacity of the processor. I'm told we don't have a sub-capacity agreement either. We are only saving on MLC. While our current savings are substantial, I'm now wondering if we might have missed an opportunity for additional savings. Sorry for the stupid questions, but I never understood the complexity of this. Now that I need to adjust, I'm finding I need to know more about it. What is the purpose of a sub-capacity agreement ??? Does it lay out costs and expectations as workloads and needs change ??? How do you go about ordering or otherwise adding capacity such that you know what your bill is going to be as a result ??? I see now that it would entail a license upgrade as well as increased monthly charges, but are those details laid out in the sub- capacity agreement ??? Does it get to the level of costs per MSU or something like that ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
