Let me clarify one thing about the ugly suggestion that I made to
Patrick.

There is a big difference between running the SCRT JCL to get a report
and then ACTUALLY SUBMITTING IT.

Having never tried it as I said, I did not know what would be produced.
I never intended that Patrick actually *submit* a SCRT report that was
run using *ALL for all his products.

As for Al's comments below about the Ts&Cs, I can assure you that IBM
does indeed treat detected, but unlicensed, products as an order.

Bob

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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Al Sherkow
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:14 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: z/OS SCRT NO89 Product Information

I believe the fine print Ts&Cs indicate that if you specify that a
product
runs on one LPAR or any LPARs of a machine for which it is not licensed
that
IBM may view that as an order for the products. 

Similarly, for products that do generate SMF89 data, if SCRT detects a
product on a machine where it is not licensed, that is an order for the
product. 

You can correct this after the fact, but it's better to read the reports
and
be sure they are what you expect. (LCS highlights the discovery of
products
running where they are not expected to be running based on your licenses
and/or history of product usage). 

This is the basis of Pat's original question. You are supposed to setup
the
NO89 parameters to reflect in which LPARs you actually use the NO89
products. This is why LCS detects this, to help sites properly report
their
usage to IBM. 

Al Sherkow, I/S Management Strategies, Ltd.
Consulting Expertise on Capacity Planning, Performance Tuning,
WLC, LPARs, IRD and LCS Software
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Voice: +1 414 332-3062
Web: www.sherkow.com 

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