As we know IBM has re-branded the TPC products as Spectrum Control.  However, there are now four different licensing models which are available and our existing products have been changed on our Passport Advantage listings and realigned to one of the new products below.  I want to provide some information on these products, so you can figure out what product to download when you are ready to upgrade your software.  The regualr products were purchased/sold based on the amount of storage and type called Storage Capacity Units being supported; whereas the select editions were purchased/sold based on the number of storage enclosures they supported.

IBM Spectrum Control Standard Edition (priced per SCU) and IBM Spectrum Control Standard Select Edition (priced per enclosure).  These licenses provide the following features:

• Single dashboard view of the storage environment you can use to manage storage systems, hypervisors, servers, and networks.
• Performance monitoring for storage systems and networks.
• Capacity and usage monitoring. By choosing Settings > License Compliance, you can view how much storage IBM Spectrum Control manages.
• File provisioning for IBM® Storwize® V7000 Unified and IBM Scale Out Network Attached Storage.
• Health and alerting for storage systems, hypervisors, servers, and networks.
• Modeling of departments and applications to understand your environment.
• Administrative tools, such as:
  • VMware vCenter plug-in, which you can use to manage and provision virtual storage in a vSphere environment, and to view reports about storage systems that are monitored by IBM Spectrum Control.
  • Reports from IBM Cognos(R) Business Intelligence, which provides reporting and analytics information.

These licenses include a license for IBM Copy Services Manager, which manages 2-site replication, 3-site replication, and advanced copy services. You can learn more about how to download and install Copy Services Manager at http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSESK4.

IBM Spectrum Control Advanced Edition and IBM Spectrum Control Advanced Select EditionTthe following features:

• These licenses contain everything that is in the IBM Spectrum Control Standard Edition license, and TAnalytics-driven balancing and tiering that automatically move data to the most cost-effective tier.
• Storage pool balancing, block storage provisioning, file provisioning, and storage reclamation.
• Snapshot-based protection for applications that is offered by IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot.
• Roll-up reporting, in which capacity data is combined from multiple instances of IBM Spectrum Control for reporting purposes.
• Chargeback reporting for applications, departments, hypervisors, and servers

For more information on licensing for Spectrum Control, refer to the IBM Knowledge Center details at http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS5R93_5.2.11/com.ibm.spectrum.sc.doc/fqz0_r_product_packages.html