>Hum, but under z/VM, those 5 characters can be anything (valid) that >you want them to be via the CP SET CPUID command. So it would be >possible to run z/OS on multiple CPCs under z/VM, all with the same >serial number.
One more reason for running z/VM rather than PR/SM. On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:49 PM, J. D. Cassidy <s...@jdcassidy.net> wrote: > Ahem.. One can do wonderful things with CP TRACE IPTE RUN NOTERM also. > > > > =>> -----Original Message----- > =>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > =>> [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > =>> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 2:34 PM > =>> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > =>> Subject: Re: Real CPU Id > =>> > =>> >Product licensing on a per CPC basis. We don't care how > =>> many CPs. Just one license per CPC. > =>> > =>> Okay, I think. > =>> I don't understand your response, but it's none of my business. > =>> But, I've worked with CPC licences, and the last five digits > =>> were all I had to worry about, in most cases. > =>> And, all LPARS had them in the logical serial numbers. > =>> > =>> - > =>> Too busy driving to stop for gas! > => > => Hum, but under z/VM, those 5 characters can be anything (valid) that you > => want them to be via the CP SET CPUID command. So it would be possible to > => run z/OS on multiple CPCs under z/VM, all with the same serial number. > => > => -- > => John McKown > => Systems Engineer IV > => IT > => > => Administrative Services Group > => > => HealthMarkets(r) > => > => 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > => (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell > => john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * > www.HealthMarkets.com<http://www.healthmarkets.com/> > => > => Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > => proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > => contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the > original > => message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten > and > => issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The > => Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance > => Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > => > => > => > => ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > => For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > => send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > => Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > => > > > John Cassidy (Dipl.-Ingr.) > > EU > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > -- George Henke (C) 845 401 5614 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html