Hi, We are just going through an IBM license audit and to our overwhelming astonishment the IBM auditors want to charge us for licenses for test nodes - that is, the computers where we test the installation of new fix packs and interim fixes before deploying to our production environment. In our company, deploying untested software is a very efficient way of getting a permanent and self-payed vacation, and we really do not want to pay for evaluating other people's faulty software. If it was not for the test node licenses, we are fully compliant.
So, have any of you been subject to demands for licensing test nodes? I should mention that we are currently PVU licensed but looking into capacity licensing so we can evolve our virtual environment backup strategy - but because of the audit results there is a more than fair chance that Veeam is going to run with that☹ - Bent, loyal TSM customer for 15+ years COWI handles personal data as stated in our Privacy Notice<https://www.cowi.com/privacy>.
