We do our DR under z/VM. But we don't ask that the serial number be altered. Unless otherwise specified in the VM guest definition, the CPU serial number presented to z/OS is the hardware CPUID.
IIRC, you can tell z/VM to emulate the serial number, but not the machine type. I.e. if you run on a z9BC at home, and a z10EC at DR, the machine type will still be a z10EC even if the CPUID is changed. Again, going by old memory, this is due to the differences in hardware recovery. On Thu, 2011-12-29 at 20:42 -0600, Brian Westerman wrote: > We have DR support in our software, but I was under the impression > that most of the DR sites were running the OS under VM and they > simulated the serial anyway. > > I suppose their are sites that do not run the DR under VM, but don't > the sites who don't run under VM know the serial number ahead of time, > and wouldn't it be already built into the software, or they have a > already setup job to enter the new serial(s)? I know I would have it > set up if it were me. > > This also has nothing to do with the question, but I have always > thought that the vendor should be compensated for support of the DR > testing anyway. (this will probably cause a lot of angry responses). > It's a separate processor and the vendor has to support a problem that > might occur on it just like they would if it were the primary > processor, which may not have the issue. If that were the case, then > the vendor has to support your DR test for free. Now if you are > paying $50k for the software, it's probably a reasonable expectation, > but if you are paying $2K to $5K it's not as reasonable. > > I received an email between my last response and this one that said (a > lot of things, but basically) that many sites (the grater percentage) > don't know what they pay for their software because a) it's done by > another department or their boss, or b) they only think about it when > they first license the product and don't think about the cost involved > until they either run low on budget and are trying to save some amount > or they have a problem that makes them unhappy with the product that > they are currently paying for. > > Is that true across the board with you people? > > Brian > > > On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:39:58 -0500, Scott Ford <scott_j_f...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >ZMan I am pretty well versed in pc/unix/mf and learning Appleseed... > >Btw I wasn't a fan of CPU/serials because DR was such a pita without new > >product patches,etc for new CPUs.. > > > >Sent from my iPad > > > >On Dec 29, 2011, at 2:40 PM, zMan <zedgarhoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Scott Ford <scott_j_f...@yahoo.com> > >> wrote: > >>> As A vendor I understand the CPU/serial situation but one has to consider > >>> the less than honest customers and 'yes' I have experience that also > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPad > >> > >> ...points to the liabilities of communicating using mobile devices? :-) > >> -- > >> zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- John McKown Maranatha! <>< ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
