Uwe, Thank you for the info & links.
>>>I would definitely have all of this confirmed to me by someone responsible from IBM. I agree and was hoping that Del Hoobler would reply since he made the original comment/link. I find it interesting that the LI link includes documents for 8.1.13 which is not publicly available, yet. On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 5:04 AM Uwe Schreiber <uwe.h.schrei...@t-online.de> wrote: > 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> > -- *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>
