I forgot about 'pre-purchased' capacity. We did that a few years ago and never got around to activating the CP we had paid for by the drop-dead date. We ended up having to model-upgrade to get more capacity. OTOH IBM gave us credit for the extra CP when pricing the new model.
Any CP or memory change requires microcode, which oddly enough is a 'marketing' process. That's the immovable object. . . JO.Skip Robinson SCE Infrastructure Technology Services Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile jo.skip.robin...@sce.com From: William Bishop <bill.bis...@tema.toyota.com> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 05/05/2011 09:14 AM Subject: Re: z9 BC withdraw from marketing Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> I have the same issues with purchased, but inactive capacity. IBM actually gave us 1 year to activate the purchased but inactive capacity. That window ends on 6/30/2011. We have to order the activation microcode by 6/30 and have 30 days from shipment to activate it. If not we lose it. I was also informed by IBM that any upgrades that required microcode changes were not allowed. This included memory upgrades. We could however add additionial feature cards, provided we already had the feature cards installed, ie would could add more Ficon cards. Now, whether or not third-party vendors can perform some of these functions, I do not know. However, I would be suprised if a third-pary vendor could activate the unused capacity. Thanks Bill Bishop Specialist Mainframe Support Group Server Development & Support Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. bill.bis...@tema.toyota.com (502) 570-6143 Skip Robinson <jo.skip.robin...@sce.com> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> 05/05/2011 11:44 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> To IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu cc Subject Re: z9 BC withdraw from marketing Withdrawal occurred *last* year: 2010. Elvis has already left the building. You cannot upgrade the machine in any way regardless of sourcing. It's IBM's long time policy. . . JO.Skip Robinson SCE Infrastructure Technology Services Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile jo.skip.robin...@sce.com From: John Thinnes <john_thin...@ohionational.com> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 05/05/2011 08:14 AM Subject: z9 BC withdraw from marketing Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> IBM Announcement 909-120 states: Effective June 30, 2010, IBM® will withdraw from marketing the IBM System z9® Business Class (z9TM BC) and System z9 Enterprise Class (z9 EC), all models, features, and upgrades. We purchased a 2096 with Q02 capacity (335MIPs/47MSU) in 2008. It is currently running as a 2096-T01 (242MIPS/34MSU). Our IBM re-seller is telling us if we do not turn on the additional capacity by June 30, 2011, we will lose it. Currently, we do not need the capacity. Our projections show we will need some of it 2012 Q1. Several questions. Has anyone lost capacity they purchased because of this IBM policy? Are there 3rd party companies that can provide the upgrade service? Can additional memory be purchased from a third party company and the box still supported by IBM? If yes to last 2 questions - can you provide company names? Any other comments on this topic may be appreciated. Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
