Thomas, CMP simplifies IBM license accounting. It avoids adding the peak of both sites in one month, which resulted in double costs, that (as we did) should be negotiated and argumented with IBM on each occurrence. We also made some financial savings with CMP, but that could well be because of sharp negotiations together with a changing software configuration.
I wonder what the benefit of CBU is. If the DR site is normally cold (not consuming MSUs), you will power it up in a DR situation and I don't see what the difference is between an initially powerful machine or a small machine that you power up with CBU to the required capacity. Kees > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Ambros, Thomas > Sent: 20 February, 2019 20:01 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Disaster recovery, alternatives to CBU machine in alternate > site > > Currently we're handling our hardware or site level disaster recovery > with an essentially cold machine in an alternate site, a CBU entitlement > allows us to spin it up and run recoveries. We've been pitched CMP > (Country multiplex pricing) because there is a potential requirement to > be able to run out of one site or another for a period of months. One > assumption is that the capability stays in house. > > I've been asked to solicit this list for answers to a couple of > questions. Are there alternatives to either of these arrangements that > allows a customer to support production processing capacity in two sites > without incurring the extra cost of CMP, or even the CBU? If you've > implemented CMP, did it have an effect on your expenses one way or > another? > > I don't know if these are appropriate questions in this forum but if > they are I'd be grateful to learn of alternatives we should look into. > > > This communication may contain privileged and/or confidential > information. It is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you > are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from > disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of this information. If > you received this communication in error, please contact the sender > immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic > or hard copy. This communication may contain nonpublic personal > information about consumers subject to the restrictions of the Gramm- > Leach-Bliley Act. You may not directly or indirectly reuse or redisclose > such information for any purpose other than to provide the services for > which you are receiving the information. > > 127 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44114 > If you prefer not to receive future e-mail offers for products or > services from Key > send an e-mail to mailto:dnereque...@key.com with 'No Promotional E- > mails' in the > SUBJECT line. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
