Hi Zoltan, i guess you are searching for that licensing information.
https://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/about_software_licensing.html https://www-40.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf As far as I know, the license to use the software will be still in place after the end date of the support contract. It will not possible for you to get technical support, and you are then no longer allowed to install or use newer software versions that were published after the end of the support contract, and as always not more TB or PVUs may be used than were purchased. I would definitely have all of this confirmed to me by someone responsible from IBM. Regards, Uwe Regards, Uwe -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Mittwoch, 1. Dezember 2021 23:35 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Moving away from Spectrum Protect There is a strong possibility we will be moving away from Spectrum Protect and wanted to get a definitive answer on what happens when we don't pay the license renewal fee (currently in a hybrid of Storage & PVU). This page has the same question/discussion but the link from Del no longer works: https://www.backupcentral.com/forum/5/292770/query_regarding_ibm_spectrum_suite_support_renewal Any transition to a replacement system will likely take 6-months or more of overlap (archives would need to be restored and moved to the new system) and since our contracts run from July 1-June 30, we would not want to renew our Spectrum licenses in the year we start the transition (either 2022 or 2023 since we are also moving our datacenter by the end of 2023). -- *Zoltan Forray* Backup Systems Administrator VMware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services www.ucc.vcu.edu zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://phishing.vcu.edu/ <https://adminmicro2.questionpro.com>
