I can't resist jumping in here. Especially since the Patrick included "Al, help!?" in his original post.
I think it's true as Mark wrote that "Tivoli License Compliance Manager" can help with this task. But in the US that's $2000 per MSU for the OTC alone with the VUE007 conversion table. TLCM will do a lot of things LCS does not attempt to do but LCS is what you need to audit, manage and optimize for SCRT. LPAR Capacity and Software Usage Analysis (LCS) Software is only $15,000/site. With TLCM $15,000 would only license 7.5 value units, only 15 MSUs of capacity. (Patrick also wrote "quite a few physical machines and about triple the amount of LPARs" so 15 MSUs probably isn't enough). The ROI on LCS is often achieved with next month's SCRT report. How many products can claim a one month ROI! LCS will identify the NO89s that typically not used in every LPAR like COBOL, PL/I. LCS will even generate the NO89 control cards for you. Read more at my website. Al Sherkow, I/S Management Strategies, Ltd. Consulting Expertise on Capacity Planning, Performance Tuning, WLC, LPARs, IRD and LCS Software Seminars on IBM SW Pricing, LPARs, and IRD Voice: +1 414 332-3062 Web: www.sherkow.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
