Thanks to everyone who contributed to this today. I'll pop off and do the maths now :-)
Regards Farren -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Ochs, Duane Sent: 28 September 2009 16:28 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Age-old licensing question Farren, This discussion comes up a few times a year from new and old alike. Here is the link to the PVU table from IBM. It changes regularly. http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/passportadvantage/pvu_licensing_for_customers.html Sub-capacity licensing is available for VMs. However, if all your VMs need to be backed up, you are probably better off licensing all the procs on the ESX server. It most cases it is cheaper than licensing each guests processor entitlement. If you only have a few VMs that require backups sub-capacity may be cheaper. TSM license costs are based on PVU per core multiplied by number of cores per client/server. Also take into account whether you are using TSM standard or enterprise edition. A comparison is here. http://www-142.ibm.com/software/dre/hmc/compare.wss?HMC02=C136879G75391P17 Duane -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Minns, Farren - Chichester Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 4:28 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Age-old licensing question Hi all I know I started this in a reply to my backing up of virtual machines bit thought it best to start a new thread. My simple question is... how do I find out how much licensing costs? :-) I know it's not that simple though. My basic questions are this... 1) do I need to use the PVU calculations to work out how much a standard BA client license will cost or can I just pay for a standard client license? 2) do I use the PVU calculations to back up virtual machines? 3) are standard BA client licenses cpu based (or PVU)? Thanks in advance Farren ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email (and any attachment) is confidential, may be legally privileged and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient please do not disclose, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please tell us by reply and delete all copies on your system. Although this email has been scanned for viruses you should rely on your own virus check as the sender accepts no liability for any damage arising out of any bug or virus infection. Please note that email traffic data may be monitored and that emails may be viewed for security reasons. John Wiley & Sons Limited is a private limited company registered in England with registered number 641132. Registered office address: The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email (and any attachment) is confidential, may be legally privileged and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient please do not disclose, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please tell us by reply and delete all copies on your system. Although this email has been scanned for viruses you should rely on your own virus check as the sender accepts no liability for any damage arising out of any bug or virus infection. Please note that email traffic data may be monitored and that emails may be viewed for security reasons. John Wiley & Sons Limited is a private limited company registered in England with registered number 641132. Registered office address: The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
