VMware Academic Term License Agreement (ATLA)

Contract Summary

Murdoch University has signed a 3 year VMware  Academic Term License Agreement (ATLA) that in exchange for an annual payment allows Murdoch to install and operate unlimited numbers of the covered server products. This VMware  ATLA agreement has been negotiate by the Council of Australia University Directors of IT (CAUDIT) on behalf of all Australian Universities and has the one common agreement document that applies to any university taking up the deal.

• The current VMware ATLA agreement runs from 31-Mar-2008 till 31-Mar-2011.
• The agreement is centrally funded through ITS.
• The agreement only covers the SERVER products which are listed below.
• Unlimited numbers of the covered server products can been installed but only on Murdoch University owned computers.

Products Licensed

• VirtualCenter Management Server (including VMware Converter, Enterprise)
• VMware Infrastructure, Enterprise Edition:
  VMware ESX Server, including VMware VMFS (Virtual Machine File System)
  Virtual SMP
  VirtualCenter Agent
  VMotion
  VMware DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler)
  VMware HA (High Availability)
  VMware Consolidated Backup
  
  Note: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is excluded from this ATLA, and the Software may not be used to create a virtual desktop infrastructure (e.g., hosted desktop solution).

Licence Conditions

• The current VMware ATLA agreement runs from 31-Mar-2008 till 31-Mar-2011.
• The agreement is centrally funded through ITS.
• The agreement only covers the SERVER products which are listed above.
• Unlimited numbers of the covered server products can been installed but only on Murdoch University owned computers.
• VMware shall provide Murdoch University with Platinum level support services.
• Installation of software onto staff home computers or student owned or leased workstations is not allowed.
• At the end of the ATLA Period, if Murdoch chooses not to renew the agreement then Murdoch must:
  
  (i) Report to VMware the total number of Software licenses deployed during the ATLA Period; and
  (ii) Allow VMware to conduct an audit to verify that the Software has been removed in accordance with this Agreement.
  
  Murdoch must then purchase sufficient license to cover all continued use.

Obtaining and Installing Symantec Software

As this software is server based contact the ITS Service Desk for further information

All on campus installation will be performed by IT support staff so contact the IT Service Desk with any questions.

Support

In connection with this ATLA agreement, VMware shall provides Murdoch University with Platinum level Services for the Software

Manuals

Manuals are supplied electronically with the software and online.

Staff Home Use

This is server software and not available for staff home use.