Bob, I understood what you meant. I was basically trying to get a feel for what the different options implied, *none, *all, qualifying LPARs. My intention all along has been to get this right. There's potentially too much at stake here to get it wrong given the number of machines and LPARs. I've got to the point where I now know what machines and now what LPARs have the NO89 software and am preparing to turn this loose on our environment. And I've taken Mark's suggestion to ensure I'm using the Hardware LPAR name with regards to the qualifying products and their relative LPARs. As it turned out I did not take as many hits on the NO89's as I thought I might to a point that it is somewhat manageable but that's kind of a relative term. I'll give you a call.
--- On Thu, 7/30/09, Richards, Robert B. <robert.richa...@opm.gov> wrote: From: Richards, Robert B. <robert.richa...@opm.gov> Subject: Re: z/OS SCRT NO89 Product Information To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 10:43 AM 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 --------------------------------------------------------- Robert B. Richards (Bob) US Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW Room: BH04L Washington, D.C. 20415 Phone: (202) 606-1195 Email: robert.richa...@opm.gov --------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Al Sherkow Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu 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 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
