Announcement October 10, 2006

IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database pricing for System z resources

Overview Key prerequisites At a glance The licensing of IBM System z Refer to Software Announcement resources is being offered for IBM AP06-0148, dated June 27, 2006. IBM Tivoli Configuration and Tivoli Change and Configuration Change Management Database Management Database (CCMDB). Program Number (CCMDB) now offers additional This adds a pricing structure, license part numbers for managing managed in CCMDB, that is based For details, refer to the Program System z resources in CCMDB. on Millions of Service Units (MSUs). number section in this If you are interested in managing announcement. System z resources within CCMDB, you are required to purchase this Availability date entitlement. With CCMDB, you are able to manage and track October 10, 2006 configurations of your entire infrastructure, from Web servers, to CICS regions, to storage devices. Note: CCMDB does not run from a System z platform. Previous announcements did not provide for System z resources within the licensing terms of CCMDB. Refer to Software Announcement AP06-0148, dated June 27, 2006.

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Program number

Program number VRM Program name 5724-M19 1.1.0 IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database

Plant of control and manufacture

Plant of control: SDF — Dublin

Plant of manufacture: SDF — Dublin

Reference information

Refer to Software Announcement AP06-0148, dated June 27, 2006.

Trademarks

System z is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Tivoli and CICS are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

AP06-0255 -2- IBM Asia Pacific Announcement Supplemental Information

October 10, 2006

three partitions each containing eight processors, and Publications Tivoli products were managing only one of the three partitions, then entitlements would be required for the No publications are shipped with this product. eight processors on the physical partition managed by the IBM Tivoli application. The IBM Publications Center For servers with virtual or logical partitions, entitlements http://www.ibm.com/shop/publications/order are required for all installed and activated processors on The Publications Center is a worldwide central repository the server. For each IBM Tivoli application managing a for IBM product publications and marketing material with clustered environment, licensing is based on the a catalog of 70,000 items. Extensive search facilities are cumulative number of installed and activated processors provided. Payment options for orders are via credit card on each server in the cluster for each IBM Tivoli (in the U.S.) or customer number for 20 countries. A large application managing the cluster. Where the cluster number of publications are available online in various file includes physically partitioned servers, the considerations formats, and they can all be downloaded by all countries described above concerning physically partitioned free of charge. servers apply as well. Enhanced Value-Based Pricing recognizes the IBM Tivoli Enhanced Value-Based Pricing convergence of RISC/UNIX and Microsoft Windows /Intel technologies, in order to simplify the ′ IBM Tivoli software products are priced using IBM customer s licensing requirements, and to provide a ′ smoother, more scalable model. Pricing and licensing Tivoli s Enhanced Value-Based Pricing. The Enhanced  Value-Based Pricing system is based upon the IBM Tivoli does not differentiate between non-System z server Environment-Managed Licensing Model, which uses a platforms or operating systems. For some products, this managed-environment approach — whereby price is platform neutrality extends to System z and other host determined by what is managed rather than the number servers as well. and type of product components installed. IBM Tivoli Enhanced Value-Based Pricing Unlike typical licensing models that terminology definitions require entitlements of specific software components to specific systems, the IBM Tivoli Environment-Managed Authorized user Licensing Model provides the customer flexibility to deploy its IBM Tivoli software products within its An authorized user is one and only one individual (named environment in a manner that can address and respond or unnamed) within or outside your enterprise. A Proof to the customer′s evolving architecture. That is, as the of Entitlement (PoE) must be obtained for each individual architecture of a customer′s environment changes, the user accessing the program in any manner. A program customer′s implementation of IBM Tivoli software can be licensed under an authorized user PoE may be installed altered, as needed, without affecting the customer′s on a single computer or server, and accessed by multiple license requirements (as long as the customer does not users, provided that a PoE has been obtained for each exceed its entitlements to the software). individual user accessing the program either directly or indirectly (via a multiplexing program, device, or Under Enhanced Value-Based Pricing, licensing and application server) through any means on behalf of the pricing of server-oriented applications are determined user. Note that: based upon the server′s use in the customer′s environment. Typically, such applications are licensed • Authorized users have unique specific identity and IDs and priced in a manner that corresponds to each installed cannot be shared. and activated processor of the server managed by the • IBM Tivoli application to help correlate price to value An ID can establish one or more connections and count while offering a simple solution. as a single authorized user. • Where a server is physically partitioned, this approach is Specifics to affected security products modified. This partitioning technique is the approach − An authorized user of IBM Tivoli Federated Identity used with systems that have either multiple cards or Manager is any ID that accesses an application or multiple frames, each of which can be configured service managed or protected by IBM Tivoli independently. For servers capable of physical Federated Identity Manager. partitioning (for example, IBM′s pSeries Scalable POWERparallel Systems servers, Sun Ultra servers, and − An authorized user of IBM Tivoli Directory HP Superdome servers), an entitlement is required for Integrator (ITDI) is one whose identity can be each processor in the physical partition being managed synchronized by ITDI or that can access a by the IBM Tivoli application. For example, assume that connected system that can be synchronized by ITDI. a server has 24 processors installed in aggregate. If this server is not partitioned, entitlements are required for all 24 processors. If, however, it is physically partitioned into

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IBM Asia Pacific IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. AP06-0255 − An authorized user of IBM Tivoli Identity Manager IBM Tivoli Storage Manager HSM for Windows terabyte is any ID whose identity is recorded in the Tivoli (TB) capacity Identity Manager identity store. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager HSM for Windows TB − An authorized user of IBM Tivoli Access Manager capacity includes primary HSM disk storage pool size for e-business is any ID that accesses an combined with the amount of utilized HSM removable application or service managed or protected by IBM media storage pool. Storage pools are configured on the Tivoli Access Manager for e-business. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server. Client device or client IBM System Storage Archive Manager TB capacity A client device is a computer system that requests the Includes primary disk storage pool size combined with the execution of a set of commands, procedures, or amount of utilized primary removable media storage used applications from another computer system that is by the IBM System Storage Archive Manager server. typically referred to as a server. Multiple client devices may access to a common server. A client device Capacity notes generally has some processing capability or is • programmable to allow a user to do work. Examples Capacity does not include: include, but are not limited to, notebook computers, − Copy storage pools for the space-managed data desktop computers, desk side computers, technical that reside on disk. workstations, appliances, automated teller machines, point-of-sale terminals, tills and cash registers, and − Copy storage pools for the space-managed data kiosks. that reside on removable media. Engine − Space used on the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server for any purpose other than the primary An engine is also referred to as a central processor (CP) storage of space-managed data. or processor. Engines for traditional workloads are called General Purpose CPs. Engines for Linux workloads are − Disk on the host being space managed. called Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) engines or • A virtual tape library (VTL) is considered a removable Linux-only engines. Engines for Coupling Facility media device, so capacity is based on utilization. workloads are called Integrated Coupling Facility (ICF) engines. • The minimum amount of capacity that can be purchased is 1 TB. Enterprise • Partial capacity will be rounded up to the next whole An enterprise is a person or single entity and the number of TB. subsidiaries owned by more than 50%. • Additional capacity must be added in increments of 1 External user TB. An external user is an authorized user who is not part of IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center TB capacity the enterprise. A TB capacity is each individual TB of storage capacity IBM Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) managed by the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center products. Managed capacity for IBM TotalStorage This optional facility enables additional processing Productivity Center for Replication and IBM TotalStorage capacity exclusively for Linux workload, with no effect on Productivity Center for Replication Two Site BC is defined the model designation of a System z or OS/390 server. as the source device capacity. Only the source device Consequently, executing Linux workload on the IFL will capacity is included in this pricing definition (not the not, in most cases, result in any increased IBM software target device). charges for z/OS , OS/390, VM, VSE, or TPF operating systems/applications. There is, as indicated, a charge Managed processor (charging under Full Capacity in the associated with the IFL, and there may also be a charge managed environment) for applications which run on the IFL. Charges are based on the active processors on the The IFL may be dedicated to a single Linux-mode logical machines in the computing environment affiliated with the partition or it may be shared by multiple Linux-mode program rather than on the server where the program is logical partitions. Installations should note that the Linux run. The managed processors which require PoEs are workspace enabled by this facility will not support any of defined both in the Prices section of the announcement the S/390 traditional operating systems (OS/390, TPF, or the License Information′s program-unique terms. VSE, or VM). Only Linux applications or Linux operating in conjunction with the Virtual Image Facility , an Notes: environment that operates within a logical partition or in 1. IBM defines a physical processor in a computer as a native S/390 mode and provides the capability to create functional unit that interprets and executes multiple Linux images, are supported by the IBM S/390 instructions. A physical processor consists of at least IFL. an instruction control unit and one or more arithmetic IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator connected system and logic units. 2. Multicore technology allows two or more processors A connected system is any directory, database, (commonly called cores) to be active on a single application, or file integrated or merged by IBM Tivoli silicon chip. With multicore technology, IBM Directory Integrator. considers each core to be a physical processor. For example, in a dual-core chip, there are two physical processors residing on the single silicon chip.

AP06-0255 -2- 3. The program may not run on some or all of the Processor (per processor charging under Full Capacity) processors for which PoEs are required by the program′s valuation method. In Full Capacity charging, PoEs must be acquired for all activated processors (available for use) that are on the 4. In the System z IFL environment, each IFL engine is server where the program or a component of the program considered a single physical processor. is run. 5. Threading, a technique that makes a single processor Notes: seem to perform as two or more, does not affect the count of physical processors. 1. IBM defines a physical processor in a computer as a functional unit that interprets and executes 6. Where blade technology is employed, each blade is instructions. A physical processor consists of at least considered a separate server and charging is based an instruction control unit and one or more arithmetic upon the total number of processors on the blade on and logic units. which the program is affiliated. 2. Multicore technology allows two or more processors 7. Not all processors require the same number of Value (commonly called cores) to be active on a single Unit entitlements. To determine the number of Value silicon chip. With multicore technology, IBM Unit entitlements required, refer to the processor considers each core to be a physical processor. For value unit conversion table on the Passport example, in a dual-core chip, there are two physical  Advantage Web site processors residing on the single silicon chip. http://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage 3. In the System z IFL environment, each IFL engine is MSU considered a single physical processor. 4. Threading, a technique that makes a single processor Millions of Service Units (MSU) is defined as millions of seem to perform as two or more, does not affect the CPU service units per hour; the measure of capacity used count of physical processors. to describe the computing power of the hardware processors on which S/390 or System z software runs. 5. Where blade technology is employed, each blade is Processor MSU values are determined by the hardware considered a separate server and charging is based vendor, IBM, or Software Compatible Vendors (SCVs). upon the total number of processors on the blades on which the program is affiliated. For more detailed information about System z software pricing, go to 6. When a server is shipped with six processors, but two of them are inactive, four processors are active for http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries the customer. /library/refguides/sw_pricing.html 7. Not all processors require the same number of Value Network node or node Unit entitlements. To determine the number of Value Unit entitlements required, refer to the processor Network nodes include routers, switches, hubs, and Value Unit conversion table on the Passport bridges that contain a network management agent. A Advantage Web site single network node may contain any number of interfaces or ports. http://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage Partitions Server A server′s resources (CPU, memory, I/O, interconnects A server is a computer system that executes requested and buses) may be divided according to the needs of the procedures, commands, or applications to one or more applications running on the server. This partitioning can user and/or client devices over a network. A PoE must be implemented with physical boundaries (Physical be obtained for each server on which the program or a Partitions) or logical boundaries (Logical Partitions). component of the program is run or for each server managed by the program. Where blade technology is Physical Partitions are defined by a collection of employed, each blade is considered a separate server. processors dedicated to a workload and can be used with systems that have either multiple cards or multiple Standby or backup systems frames, each of which can be configured independently. In this method, the partitions are divided along hardware For programs running or resident on backup machines, boundaries and processors, and the I/O boards, memory IBM defines three types of situations: cold, warm, and hot. and interconnects are not shared. In the cold and warm situations, a separate entitlement for the copy on the backup machine is normally not Logical Partitions are defined by software rather than required and typically no additional charge applies. In a hardware and allocate a pool of processing resources to hot backup situation, the customer needs to acquire a collection of workloads. These partitions, while another license or entitlements sufficient for that server. separated by software boundaries, share hardware All programs running in backup mode must be solely components and run in one or more physical partitions. under the customer′s control, even if they are running at another enterprise′s location. Port As a practice, the following are definitions and allowable A port is the physical connection between a device and actions concerning the copy of the program used for the network. backup purposes.

-3- AP06-0255 Cold Product Web Site A copy of the program may reside, for backup purposes, A complete list of IBM Tivoli products is available at Web on a machine as long as the program is not started. site There is no additional charge for this copy. http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli Warm Licensing Web Site A copy of the program may reside for backup purposes on a machine and is started, but is idling, and is not doing IBM Tivoli product licensing documents are available at any work of any kind. There is no additional charge for Web site this copy. http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products Hot /licensing.html A copy of the program may reside for backup purposes Passport Advantage: Through the Passport Advantage on a machine, is started, and is doing work. The customer Agreement, customers may receive discounted pricing must acquire a license or entitlements for this copy and based on their total volume of eligible products, across there will generally be an additional charge. all IBM brands, acquired worldwide. The volume is measured by determining the total Passport Advantage Doing work includes, for example, production, points value of the applicable acquisitions. Passport development, program maintenance, and testing. It also Advantage points are only used for calculating the could include other activities such as mirroring of entitled Passport Advantage discount. transactions, updating of files, synchronization of programs, data or other resources (for example, active To determine the required Tivoli product configuration linking with another machine, program, database, or other under Passport Advantage, the Tivoli Enhanced resource, and so on), or any activity or configurations that Value-Based Pricing Model applies. The customer′s would allow an active hot switch or other synchronized environment is evaluated on a per-product basis. switch over between programs, databases, or other resources to occur. Use the following two-step process to determine the total Passport Advantage points value: In the case of a program or system configuration that is designed to support a high availability environment by 1. Analyze the customer environment to determine the using various techniques (for example, duplexing, number of Tivoli Management Points or other charge mirroring of files or transactions, maintaining a heartbeat, unit for a product. The quantity of each product′s part active linking with another machine, program, database, numbers to be ordered is determined by that or other resource, and so on), the program is considered analysis. to be doing work in the hot situation and a license or 2. Order the Passport Advantage part numbers. A entitlement must be purchased. Passport Advantage point value, which is the same Terabyte (T/TB) worldwide for a specific part number regardless of where the order is placed, is assigned to each Tivoli 1 terabyte of managed storage = 2 raised to the power product part number. The Passport Advantage point of 40 bytes = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes, trillion bytes. value for the applicable part number multiplied by the quantity for that part number will determine the Tivoli Management Points Passport Advantage points for that Tivoli product part number. The sum of these Passport Advantage points A Tivoli Management Point is a metric used to compute determines the Passport Advantage point value of the license quantities and is program specific. applicable Tivoli product authorizations which then Value Units may be aggregated with the point value of other applicable Passport Advantage product acquisitions A Value Unit is a pricing charge metric for program to determine the total Passport Advantage points license entitlements which is based upon the quantity of value. a specific designated measurement used for a given program. Each program has a designated measurement. The discounted pricing available through Passport The most commonly used designated measurements are Advantage is expressed in the form of Suggested Volume processor cores and MSUs. However, for select Prices (SVPs), which vary depending on the SVP level. programs, there are other designated measurements Each SVP level is assigned a minimum total Passport such as servers, users, client devices, and messages. Advantage point value, which must be achieved, in order The number of Value Unit entitlements required for your to qualify for that SVP level. specific implementation of the given program must be Media packs and documentation packs do not carry obtained from a conversion table associated with the Passport Advantage points and are not eligible for SVP program. You must obtain a PoE for the appropriate discounting. number of Value Unit entitlements for your implementation. The Value Unit entitlements of a given For additional information on Passport Advantage, refer program cannot be exchanged, interchanged, or to the following Web site aggregated with Value Unit entitlements of another program. Whenever the designated measurement is a http://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage processor core, not all processors require the same number of Value Unit entitlements. To determine the The following Passport Advantage part number categories number of Value Unit entitlements required, refer to the may be orderable: processor Value Unit conversion table on the Passport • License and Software Maintenance 12 Months — this Advantage Web site is the product authorization with maintenance to the http://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage first anniversary date.

AP06-0255 -4- • Annual Software Maintenance Renewal — this is the Clients (100 clients Value Units Value maintenance renewal for one anniversary that applies = 1 server) per server Units when a customer renews their existing coverage period prior to the anniversary date at which it expires. Tier 1 = 2 20 40 Total = 2 40 • Software Maintenance Reinstatement 12 Months — this is for customers who have allowed their Software Maintenance to expire, and later wish to reinstate their 650 MSUs Software Maintenance. Value Units Value • Media packs — these are the physical media, such as MSUs per MSU Units CD-ROMs, that deliver the product′s code. Tier 1 = 100 20 2,000 • Documentation packs — these contain printed Tier 2 = 400 18 7,200 ′ Tier 3 = 150 8 1,200 documentation such as the User s Guide and Total = 650 10,400 Release Notes. • Custom Build Registration — this is used with products In this example, the customer must license one install, that have an IBM System z component. Ordering this plus 9640 Distributed Value Units, plus 10,400 System z part number results in a process to enable the Value Units. customer to receive the System z code via the z/OS Customized Offerings packaging techniques, that is, ServerPac, SystemPac , or the Custom Build Product Ordering information Delivery Option (CBPDO). This product is only available via Passport Advantage. It Pricing examples is not available as shrinkwrap. IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Product information Database (CCMDB) V1.1 Licensed Product Product CCMDB is priced on Value Units, with servers, client function title group category devices, and MSUs (System z only) as the designated IBM Tivoli Change Tivoli IT Tivoli Change measurement on which the Value Units are calculated. and Configuration Service & Config Mgt Management Database Management Database The following scalable usage table is used to determine the required number of Value Units. PID Charge unit Minimum Maximum Program name number description MSUs MSUs (when (when IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration 5724-M19 Value Unit Minimum Maximum ordering ordering Value Management Database devices devices the the units IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration 5724-M19 Value Unit (device = (device = System z System z per Management Database Usage 1 server 1 server part part device IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration 5724-M19 Installs level, or 100 or 100 number number and/or Management Database cumulative clients) clients) only) only) MSU 1 1 100 1 100 20 2 101 500 101 500 18 3 501 1,000 501 1,000 8 Charge metrics definitions 4 1,001 10,000 1,001 10,000 4 5 10,001 25,000 10,001 25,000 2 Value Unit 6 25,001 25,001 1 A Value Unit is a pricing charge metric for program license entitlements which is based upon the quantity of When licensing client devices and/or terabytes use the a specific designated measurement used for a given following conversion: program. Each program has a designated measurement. • 1 server = 100 clients The most commonly used designated measurement is a • 10 servers = 1 terabytes processor core. However, for select programs, there are other designated measurements such as users, client Clients round up to the nearest hundred. devices, and messages. The number of Value Unit entitlements required for your specific implementation of Example 1: A customer wishes to purchase CCMDB to the given program must be obtained from a conversion manage an environment of 550 servers, 150 clients, and table associated with the program. You must obtain a PoE 650 MSUs. The customer must purchase at least one for the appropriate number of Value Unit entitlements for install of the CCMDB application and obtain entitlements your implementation. The Value Unit entitlements of a for the servers, clients, and MSUs as follows: given program cannot be exchanged, interchanged, or aggregated with Value Unit entitlements of another 550 servers program. Value Units Value Install Servers per server Units A copy or instance of the program in the enterprise Tier 1 = 100 20 2,000 Tier 2 = 400 18 7,200 Tier 3 = 50 8 400 New licensees: Orders for new licenses will be accepted Total = 550 9,600 now. Shipment will begin on the planned availability date. 150 clients

-5- AP06-0255 Basic license If you are an IBM Business Partner — Distributor for Workstation Software acquiring products from IBM, you Ordering information for Passport Advantage: Passport may link directly to Business Partner pricing information. Advantage allows you to have a common anniversary An ID and password are required (use IBM ID). date for Software Maintenance renewals, which can http://www-8.ibm.com/PartnerWorld/sg simplify management and budgeting for eligible new /apchannounce/apchannounce.nsf versions and releases (and related technical support) for your covered products. The anniversary date, Trademarks established at the start of your Passport Advantage Agreement, will remain unchanged while your Passport System z, Virtual Image Facility, and System Storage are Advantage Agreement remains in effect. New software trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation purchases will initially include twelve full months of in the United States or other countries or both. Tivoli, POWERparallel, pSeries, OS/390, z/OS, S/390, maintenance coverage. Maintenance in the second year TotalStorage, Passport Advantage, zSeries, eServer, Notes, (the first year of renewal) can be prorated to be SystemPac, and PartnerWorld are registered trademarks of coterminous with your common anniversary date. International Business Machines Corporation in the United Thereafter, all Software Maintenance will renew at the States or other countries or both. common anniversary date and include 12 full months of Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. maintenance. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Refer to the IBM International Passport Advantage UNIX is a registered trademark of the Open Company in the Agreement and to the IBM Software Maintenance United States and other countries. Handbook for specific terms relating to, and a more Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, complete description of, technical support provided other countries or both. through Software Maintenance. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. The product in this announcement is also available via Web download from Passport Advantage.

Cross-platform product for use with System z resources

Order the part numbers that follow when there is an intention to acquire this cross-platform product to manage your System z resources with the CCMDB program. This set of part numbers provides the identical supply and authorization as the other set for CCMDB. The distinction is to identify the planned platform. For ordering information for the other platforms for CCMDB, refer to Software Announcement AP06-0148, dated June 27, 2006. Part Program name/description number IBM Tivoli Change and Config Mgmt DB D59PCLL zSer Val Unit SW Maint Reinstate 12 Mo IBM Tivoli Change and Config Mgmt DB E0332LL zSer Value Unit Annual SW Maint Rnwl IBM Tivoli Change and Config Mgmt DB D59PBLL zSer Value Unit Lic+SW Maint 12 Mo

Terms and conditions

This product is only available via Passport Advantage. It is not available as shrinkwrap. The terms and conditions for CCMDB as previously announced in Software Announcement AP06-0148, dated June 27, 2006, are unchanged.

Prices

Passport Advantage For Passport Advantage information and charges, contact your IBM representative or authorized IBM Business Partner. Additional information is also available at http://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage Business Partner information

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