Originally posted by: bobby_g

Each Tivoli Storage Productivity Center license determines the functions that are accessible in the stand-alone GUI, web-based GUI, command-line interface, and the API. You can review the functions that are included with each license and determine which license meets your storage management needs.

Please note, that there were license updates made to Tivoli Storage Productivity Center V5.2. The Standard Edition license does not exist in the current version of Tivoli Storage Productivity Center.

The license you need for equivalent functionality, plus any new features, that were introduced in V5.2, is the IBM SmartCloud Virtual Storage Center V5.2.

SmartCloud Virtual Storage Center includes storage management from Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, including its advanced functions; external virtualization found in IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller and the IBM Storwize family; and application-aware snapshot backup and restore capabilities from IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy® Manager.

Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Storage Analytics Engine, the management component in SmartCloud Virtual Storage Center is designed to provide advanced storage infrastructure and data management capabilities. The Tivoli Storage Productivity Center component available in SmartCloud Virtual Storage Center includes all the capabilities of Tivoli Storage Productivity Center and uniquely provides all the advanced functions that were available in the past as part of Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Standard Edition.

For more information, click SmartCloud Virtual Storage Center

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Tivoli Storage Productivity Center product licenses

Functions available in the Tivoli Storage Productivity Center web-based GUI based on role and license