If you know the DR center's CPU ids or can use z/VM to reuse your licensed IDs, you are OK. If you are going to a vendor's site and don't know the CPU ids and can't use z/VM or the product uses the real CPU id instead of the z/VM CPU id you can be in trouble.
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 3:22 AM, Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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