topic Re: OnlineJFS 3.5 on Itanium rx2600 and rx5670 in Operating System - HP-UX

OnlineJFS 3.5 on Itanium rx2600 and rx5670

Frank Poelert_1 — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:55:25 GMT

Hi,

I have a few questions about OnlineJFS on Itanium.

My reseller is trying to sell me a license for OnlineJFS for every processor in both systems. I thought that licensing was done per system.
Has anybody an idea about the licensing?

Does OnlineJFS 3.5 run on HP-UX 11.22?
And is it compatible with the basic LVM, or doe I need Veritas Volume Manager?

Thanks,

Frank

Re: OnlineJFS 3.5 on Itanium rx2600 and rx5670

James Murtagh — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:26:06 GMT

Hi Frank,

To be best of my knowledge, OnlineJFS is licensed per system, not per processor. In fact, just ran a "vxlicense -p" on a 1-way workstation and a 4-way superdome partition and they both say 1 license.

JFS 3.5 has only been released for 11i and 11.23 - whether it will install and run on 11.22 I don't know but it won't be supported.

Yes, its compatible with LVM. The filesystem layer and volume management layer are independent, so all local filesystems can be created on any volume manager.

cheers,

James.

Re: OnlineJFS 3.5 on Itanium rx2600 and rx5670

A. Clay Stephenson — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:29:02 GMT

The procing structure has recently changed and it is now licensed on a per CPU basis.

Re: OnlineJFS 3.5 on Itanium rx2600 and rx5670

Patrick Wallek — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:32:46 GMT

I have just gone through HP's "Quick Quote" area, which lets you configure a system to your liking and shows you the retail price.
(If you want to play with this feature, go here - https://www.e-solutions.hp.com/wow/wow3/WoWSystemSelectionServlet?action=selectModelClass
)

I selected an rx5670 and put 4 CPUs in it. I then went to the 'Add a Component' section, selected software and added the Online JFS.

When I look at pricing it shows that the Online JFS as:

Part number: B3929DA 2AH
Description: Single processor license
Quantity: 4
List Price: $1,965.00
Total Price: $7,860.00

So I would say your reseller is correct, unfortunately. HP seems to have gone the way of per processor licensing for most of their stuff. :-(

Re: OnlineJFS 3.5 on Itanium rx2600 and rx5670

G. Vrijhoeven — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:36:43 GMT

Hi Frank,

I am afraid your reseller is right.

Maybe it is an idea bye the onlineJfs from Patrick, with the current Euro/Dollar ratings ;-}

Gideon

Re: OnlineJFS 3.5 on Itanium rx2600 and rx5670

Frank Poelert_1 — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 02:34:39 GMT

Thanks a lot everybody.
So my reseller seems to be right about the licensing structure.

I still would like to know what exchange rate he uses to calculate his prices (â ¬4048 isn't exactly the same as $1965).

Fr