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List:       adsm-l
Subject:    Re: Moving away from Spectrum Protect
From:       Zoltan Forray <zforray () VCU ! EDU>
Date:       2021-12-06 13:51:45
Message-ID: CAP9Xjdu-b4L3k3JqDf373AqOFKxdwVy4TCOS2Vp4un85cWciCg () mail ! gmail ! com
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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.schreiber@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
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*Zoltan Forray*
Backup Systems Administrator
VMware Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
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