RE: AS/400 upgrade - JBA licence fee

Hi Nancy,

Re Hitachi, are you sure it was System 21 licences, and not Client Access?
Reason being, for each processor group, once you buy a certain number of CA
licences, that allowes you unlimed CA users. (ie on our P20 machine 100
licences = NOMAX).  As a 620 -> 720 upgrade can involve a change in
processor group, they may have had to purchase additional CA licences to
cover the new shortfall.

Regards,
Stuart
                                     
Stuart Allen
European Systems Analyst
Fellowes

mailto:sallen@fellowes.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henson, Nancy [SMTP:NHENSON@alltrista.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 1:33 PM
> To:   JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: AS/400 upgrade - JBA licence fee
> Importance:   High
> 
> Yes, we have.  We purchased a 720 and are planning to migrate our data
> from
> a model 400 to the 720.  We have a 30 user license and JBA said we need to
> purchase an additional 10 to get us to 40.  We do not have all of the
> System
> 21 application but there are very few that we do not have.  I have also
> heard that JBA said that Hitachi, who already had over 100 users on a 620,
> needed to purchase additional licenses to move to a 720.  I do not
> understand how they determine the number of users required.  If someone
> from
> Hitachi is on this distribution list they may want to respond.  Also, it
> would be good if someone from JBA could explain how they determine the
> number of users.  :)  
> 
> Angus, if you want you can email me directly at nhenson@alltrista.com and
> we
> can discuss this further.
> 
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Angus Appleby - Unwins Seeds
> > [mailto:aappleby@unwins-seeds.co.uk] 
> > Sent:       Wednesday, May 17, 2000 5:41 AM
> > To: 'JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com'
> > Subject:    AS/400 upgrade - JBA licence fee
> > 
> > I am looking to upgrade my AS/400 620-2175 to (probably) a 720 machine.
> We
> > currently have a user licence of 50 users on System 21 and dont want or
> > require any more. JBA want to charge us a large fee based on a minimum
> > user count of the machine we want to upgrade to. Have any of you come
> > across a similar situation? Any ideas/suggestions on how to get the
> costs
> > down?
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> > Angus
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