2008/11/19 Tom Marchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > From the announcement: > > "Prior to this announcement, z/VM was authorized to run on IFL processors > only if, on the IFL processors, z/VM was being used exclusively to run Linux > workloads and, if required, z/VM applications in support of those Linux > workloads. As of November 18, 2008, end users are now also authorized to run > z/VM on IFL processors if z/VM is used to run OpenSolaris workloads and, if > required, z/VM applications in support of those OpenSolaris workloads." > > I know that there are restrictions to prevent IBM operating systems from > running on an IFL. I'm still looking for documentation making any other > restrictions on what can be run on an IFL.
The way I read this recent announcement is that it is merely a change to the licence conditions for z/VM. I am not aware of any conditions attached to the IFL that restrict what you can run on it; rather, there may be conditions on licensed software such as z/VM and z/OS that restrict what hardware they may run on. In the case of z/OS, there is also a runtime test for the "wrong" kind of engine, but it's the licence that counts. In the case of z/VM products such as RSCS, IBM has said repeatedly that they are happy to talk about licensing terms for running on IFLs. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
