[geeks] Solaris licensing question

[Scott Howard]

On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 02:20:57PM +1200, ghub005 wrote:
> I've just got a quick Solaris licensing question. One of my clients wants to 
> install a used Sun system (from a broker) as a backup for their production 
> system. If they put it under a Sun software maintenance agreement, will they 
> also get an RTU for Solaris? I know this used to be the case but their Sun rep
> indicated that they'd need to buy the system from Sun to get the RTU.

You need to have an RTU for all systems running Solaris. Putting it on
support doesn't give you the RTU, it just gives you maintenance/upgrades
for the existing RTU.

If you buy the machine new (or reman from Sun) then it comes with an
RTU. If you buy it from a 3rd party then it does not come with one.

  Scott.