Re: Uninstalling CSDK 2.7 Windows Server 2008R2
I know I'm replying to a month-old+ thread here but, no, you aren't the only one confused, Mark. I'm dealing with this right now at Hyatt. We're consolidating CSDK to a fewer number of machines because of what IBM has told us regarding licensing and potential out-of-compliance scenarios. Even when I was at IBM, I was getting conflicting information from people I considered to be authorities on the subject. On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:48 AM, MARK SCRANTON <mark@markscranton.com> wrote: > Fernando - > > "We" have been around a long time, and this situation of unclear licensing > is > a real issue for many informix clients. To position it as "just contact an > IBM > rep for clarity" is very misleading. If it were that easy, the clients I > talk > to would never be confused. That is not the case. And when the clients have > many different reps throughout their informix life, some of the new reps > themselves don't understand licensing. > > Can any of the informix community on this forum support what I'm saying? > Or am > I the only one with clients confused about licensing? > > Thanks - > Mark Scranton > The Mark Scranton Group > www.markscranton.com > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --f46d043be2706c950d0514571e6e
As Fernando points out, the LID defines that ClientSDK is a supporting component product of the engine: http://www-03.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf/lilookup/DC4C1EF750EFBCB385257D9000 8139E7?OpenDocument Hopefully the following IBM Announcement should also clarify the recent confusion over whether ClientSDK requires separate S&S cover or whether it is covered by the engine S&S: http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/5/877/ENU SZP15-0265/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en Overview: Informix Client SDK is a supporting program for Informix database servers in the following Informix editions: Informix Advanced Enterprise Edition, Informix Enterprise Edition, Informix Advanced Developer Edition, Informix Workgroup Edition, Informix Advanced Workgroup Edition, and Informix Express® Edition. Customers with these Informix servers under a support contract are entitled to obtain support for Client SDK as part of their server support when Informix Client SDK is used to access the Informix server. A previous announcement that removed Client SDK as a supporting program from some server versions, Software Announcement ZP11-0567, dated December 13, 2011, is decommitted. You are entitled to obtain support for Client SDK at or above the version specified in your server license when Informix Client SDK is used to access the Informix server. The Client SDK product will continue to be available as part of the Hosting products. The code was never pulled from the DVDs that make up the Informix product orderables. Cheers, Andy -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Renaud Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 10:48 PM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: Re: Uninstalling CSDK 2.7 Windows Server 2008R2 [35002] I know I'm replying to a month-old+ thread here but, no, you aren't the only one confused, Mark. I'm dealing with this right now at Hyatt. We're consolidating CSDK to a fewer number of machines because of what IBM has told us regarding licensing and potential out-of-compliance scenarios. Even when I was at IBM, I was getting conflicting information from people I considered to be authorities on the subject. On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:48 AM, MARK SCRANTON <mark@markscranton.com> wrote: > Fernando - > > "We" have been around a long time, and this situation of unclear licensing > is > a real issue for many informix clients. To position it as "just contact an > IBM > rep for clarity" is very misleading. If it were that easy, the clients I > talk > to would never be confused. That is not the case. And when the clients > have > many different reps throughout their informix life, some of the new reps > themselves don't understand licensing. > > Can any of the informix community on this forum support what I'm saying? > Or am > I the only one with clients confused about licensing? > > Thanks - > Mark Scranton > The Mark Scranton Group > www.markscranton.com > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --f46d043be2706c950d0514571e6e ******************************************************************************* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.
Thanks for the reply Chuck. I was surprised that more long-timers didn't chime in. As always, my concern was for the customer confusion and frustration that has been shared with me over the years and recently at two of my clients. After one conference call, we set in motion package rebuilds based on what the customer was told. A few weeks later, another call negated what we had done, but we decided to leave the installs as they were. Thanks - Mark Scranton The Mark Scranton Group www.markscranton.com