On 03/05/2014 02:36 PM, Mark Blunden wrote:

The IBM requirement is a true up once a year, on your renewal anniversary.

However, TSM license are perpetual, which means they never expire, or never
stop working. The renewal process allows you to call support in the event
of an issue, and also allows you to download new versions and fixes.

If you are migrating from one machine to another, you do not have to buy
licenses to cover both machines. IBM allows you to exceed your license
count in this instance as you will eventually remove the old one after
migration. I think you have 3 months to migrate, but that number may be
wrong.

If you are using the old PVU license method, then obviously newer machines
generally have larger core counts, and thus incur a higher value.
If you are on the TB license model, then you can deploy as many clients as
you wish.

This is a question that we've wanted an "official" answer to for some
time -- is there an IBM document somewhere that says you need to true up
once a year??

Martin


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Martin Harriss
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Princeton University
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