Jan Vanbrabant wrote:
Hi Ted (and/or Ed),
Is this documented somewhere in an official IBM document?
jan
I'm not sure exactly where this is documented in the "maze" of IBM
announcements and related material. But, in this February 2008 IT Jungle
article by Hesh Wiener, he summarizes the policy this way:
http://www.itjungle.com/big/big022608-story01.html
"Once a user buys a specialty engine, it survives an upgrade. So if a
customer bought one for a z900 and then moved to a z990 and later to a
z9 EC, the price of the first engine is the only price the user would
have paid. IBM moves the engine, or more accurately turns on an
equivalent engine, whenever a customer upgrades. Because successive
generations have faster engines for standard and specialty use, the user
ends up getting more specialty MIPS with the upgrade at no additional cost."
I have no personal experience with IFL, zIIP, or zAAP upgrades. But, our
ICF survived the transition from our z800 to our z9BC.
--
Edward E Jaffe
Phoenix Software International, Inc
5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310-338-0400 x318
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