Yes, Oracle 10g is the last release that will run under z/OS on a mainframe. We just recently upgraded to v10.2.0.3.0 and are running it under z/OS v1.9. Oracle v10.2 is "the terminal release for z/OS" and premier support for it ends in July 2012, although extended support after that indefinitely for a price. If you ever want to go to v11, it can't be done on the mainframe unless you run it, as others have mentioned, under a z/linux-z/VM partition (which I'm hoping we'll get to try out sometime).
HTH, Bret Hoesly -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: question about Oracle on the mainframe On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:08:12 -0700, Kurt Eastwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Rich and John and anyone else who wants to respond, > >Are you saying: > >Oracle up to release 10 will run under z/OS but Oracle about release 10 will not run under z/OS but will run under z/Linux running under z/OS? > >Kurt That is my understanding. z/OS goes up to rel 10 only. z/Linux is still fully supported by the newer releases as are the other UNIX type boxes. I guess z/OS UNIX is just different enough to require too much porting for the demand. -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
