During a DR test you test your DR scenario, so the test must work exactly like the real one. When we had this DR scenario/configuration, we always had working keys or emergency keys for the DR site.
Kees. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services) > Sent: 26 April, 2017 10:12 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations > > Classification: Public > If you DON'T have the keys for DR, then it makes a mockery of any DR > capability you think you have. In a real DR situation, you can't plan, > you need it all working there and then. > > Andy Styles > z/Series Systems Programmer > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Dan Little > Sent: 26 April 2017 08:42 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations > > -- This email has reached the Bank via an external source -- > > > Ideally I would like to have keys for DR on an ongoing basis to avoid > the delays that Lionel mentions. > > Dan > > > > On Apr 26, 2017, at 05:30, Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Lionel Dyck wrote: > >> I've been working on DR planning for one of our locations and out of > >> 15 non-IBM products, ONLY 3 will continue to operate without temp > >> codes, and of those 3, 1 expires after 2 days and the others after 7 > >> days. For the 12 vendor products I have to contact 7 different > >> vendors to get temporary DR license keys. > > > > I know there's been lots of back and forth, but Lionel is zeroing in > > on the crux of the issue. What do customers need? I think we need to > > (re)focus on that, first. These vendors' current arrangements add risk > > to disaster recovery, plain and simple. I agree with Lionel. It's a > > genuine problem. 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