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| ccampora |
 Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject: License Issue for distributed environment |
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Hi guys, this is not a technical question but i hope some of u have done something like this and can share your knowleadge.
In our enterprise we are setting an environment for message broker and for that we want this:
1 machine for production (1 quad processor) and 1 pasive machine for contingency.
1 machine for QA (1 quad processor)
and 1 machine for development (1 dual procesor)
all this machines are dedicated servers.
So first question: How many licenses should we buy ?
Second question: Do i need to buy any other services from IBM in order to get support packs and fix packs ???
Just to make clear, i need to be 100% sure that we are not violating IBM license aggreaments.
Your share is welcome. Regards. |
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| Michael Dag |
| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| smdavies99 |
| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:48 am Post subject: Support Pack Costs |
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There are some Support Packs that Cost $$$$. These are the Category 1's.
The others are generally Free, use at your own risk and with no guarantee of support etc.
If you have a valid IBM ID then again generally FixPacks are free to download and use but as a previous reply said, check with your IBM Sales representative for the Chapter & Verse of this issue.
As regards your other questions, your IBM rep could have the ability to 'cut' a deal with a reduced cost for non production licenses. However this does depend on how much you spend with IBM and other issues.
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| jefflowrey |
| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:16 am Post subject: Re: Support Pack Costs |
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| smdavies99 wrote: |
There are some Support Packs that Cost $$$$. These are the Category 1's.
The others are generally Free, use at your own risk and with no guarantee of support etc. |
Category 1: Paid & Supported by IBM
Category 2: Unpaid & Unsupported by IBM, written by IBM
Category 3: Unpaid & Supported, written by IBM
Category 4: Unpaid & Unsupported, written by non-IBM.
So Category 1&3 are supported under standard IBM terms & services. You can open PMRs on Cat3 SPaks.
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| ccampora |
| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:11 am Post subject: |
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Thank you very much for your answers.
So am i forced to buy support for all my licenses ?? i mean if support cost 100 i have to pay 100xnumber of licenses or i only need to pay for 1 ??
PD: I asked this to my IBM vendor but his answer was like "if u want u buy support for 1 or for all brokers" |
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| jefflowrey |
| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:32 am Post subject: |
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The only person who can answer this question is your IBM sales representative.
If you do not like the answer they give, you should discuss this fact with them further.
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