Part of the problem is that companies would like to standardize on TSM
and related products, but don't want to be repeatedly stung for point
solutions.  eg if they use DB2, there is no cost for the TSM client, but
MSSQL or Oracle there is.  Some organizations just want the
all-you-can-eat approach.

Most of my clients have tended to be government agencies.  These like to
keep as much data for as long as possible, because someone might be held
responsible in the unlikely event that data was not available when
required - it is easier to defer decisions indefinitely.  For these, and
for SarbOx constrained firms the burden  of paying for all that dead
weight will be intolerable...  be aware that once you go volume pricing
you cannot go back.

Just watch for the inevitable requests for periodic exports or
backupsets to keep old data without having to pay for it.
In some cases it may be better to use TSM for short term, strategic
backup (say up to a  year) but use Amanda/bacula or some other cheap
solution for your longer term retentions.

Regards

Steve.


Steven Harris,
TSM Admin
Canberra Australia



On 12/06/2011 4:23 PM, Grigori Solonovitch wrote:

I have some questions about this article, maybe they are strange, but anyway:
What is this:
- try to push customers to use TSM 6?
- try to implement new pricing policy?
- totally new product instead of Tivoli Storage Manager (from licensing point 
of view)?
- something else?

Grigori G. Solonovitch

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
David E Ehresman
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 7:00 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM Suite for Unified Recovery

I haven't heard anyone talking about this recently announced offering.
Is IBM finally responding to complaints about their pricing structure?
Is it really likely to contain costs?

http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/1/897/ENUS211-201/ENUS211-201.PDF


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