>PArt 2: Depends (of course). Software that only cares about the serial will >be fine (but you still may be violating a contract if you don't notify the >vendor). Software that cares about the model number or capacity could have a >problem.
Always contact the vendor and ask the terms. Some will say no problem. Some will send you new keys. Some will expect some post-upgrade work to be done -- SYNCSORT, for example, require a job to be run on all affected LPAR's, and the output mailed to them. We even had an admin product that didn't run on the upgraded processor, but had licence issues because it was billed based on the size of the shop being administered. We replaced it when the upgrade fee became 200K USD. So, ask each ISV you have what to do, and document it for the next time. We kept a spread-sheet/table with the following information: Vendor, product release/version, contact name, e-mail address, telephone #, yes/no keys required, before/after upgrade, other relevent information. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
