I believe the answer is no, you can't use ICF (Internal Coupling Facility) to connect any two CECs.
Why so many LPARs? z/VM and Z/OS Guests. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John S. Giltner, Jr. > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 7:29 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: One sysplex across two z/800??? > > I have fowarded this to the real IBM-Mail list. You may want > to subscribe and post to the list server. You will get many > more reponses. > For instructions and to register for the list: > > http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=ibm-main&A=1 > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > We have a parallel sysplex environment running on a z/800. > We've used > > all 15 LPARs supported by the Hardware, CPU and memory are > max'ed out > > and we need more physical resources. If we buy another (used) z/800 > > (we are also considering an upgrade to a z9 but budget is > an issue), > > can we have the same sysplex spread across both z/800's sharing the > > CPUs and memory and use the LPARs on the new z/800 to add > more systems > > to the same existing sysplex? If so, what needs to happen? > Can anyone > > point me to any literature that I could use as a guide? > Currently we > > have ICF setup in 2 LPARs and two processors shared by all 15 LPARs. > > > > Thanks very much in advance, > > > > Tullio. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html