Re: Rational confusion

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, now I'm more rather than less confused myself.

What is the relationship between ESS and Rational licensing?  We 
downloaded an ISO image to get our RDP key, but that was a while back.  
It had a nice long name:

RD_Power_V8.0_RPG_and_COBOL_for_IBM_i_Lic_Act_CD_112010.iso

We then purchased RDi-SOA seats.  To get our RBD key (based on our 
RDi-SOA entitlement), we had to go to the Rational licensing site.

Joe


> Chris,
> IBM has been actively looking into what went wrong in Jeff's case and how
> to make sure it doesn't happen again.  We had a big meeting yesterday and
> we are taking action.
>
> Jeff, please correct me if I am wrong, but this is what I have been able to
> piece together.
> Jeff had RDi 7.5 and he is entitled to RDp 8.0.
> He downloaded the RDp 8.0 trial and just need the activation key.
> The business partner was a hardware specialist and had originally ordered
> the RDi (and probably the WDSc) through AAS which is the hardware
> configurator.
> Normally the business partner would order the media  which has the key on
> it, or download an image from ESS which also has the key on it.  But since
> Jeff already had the software installed, he was not interested, especially
> because of the media cost.
> What the business partner did not know was that it is possible to download
> just the activation key from ESS.
>
> Chris, if you tell us your contact from your BP, I will have a knowledgable
> IBMer walk them through the process.
> Please confirm what your situation is.  Are you upgrading from RDi 7.5 or
> RDp 7.6?  Do you have the trial installed or are you  interested in the
> download with the key.
>
> Regards