Some vendors provide automatic grace periods for their software per IPL, etc. and others flat out cease working. Based on your software, the prior may suffice for your needs. Regardless, I would acquire codes/keys/licenses/passwords, etc. beforehand and go from there. In my experience, I have never seen penalties for semiannual use of this type of support.
You may want to research the z/VM CPU/OPTION CPUID control statement(s) regarding the STIDP instruction, etc. and your software. I have seen a unique combination to me, where the vendor used the remote (DR) CPU model/model type and local (customer) processor identification number to generate the temporary authorization. Regards, Kevin -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adams, Anne (DTI) Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 9:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: serial numbers ... real and imagine Hello friends, How can I determine where a software product is pulling the serial number of the hardware? We'd like to be able to run a z/VM guest (for DR) with the same serial number as our current mainframe. That way we don’t have to call for temporary license keys. However, our DR provider has warned us that some products will interrogate the physical hardware rather than what the OS is holding or what I have in the iodf. Any way beforehand to see where those values are coming from? Thanks. Anne R Adams, CISSP DTI, Systems Engineering Sr. Mainframe Services Analyst 302.298.3196 This communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains information that may be Privileged, confidential or copyrighted under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby formally notified that any use, copying or distribution of this e-mail, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Unless explicitly and conspicuously designated as "E-Contract Intended", this e-mail does not constitute a contract offer, a contract amendment, or an acceptance of a contract offer. This e-mail does not constitute a consent to the use of sender's contact information for direct marketing purposes or for transfers of data to third parties. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
