It just depends on the applications you are running and if they support the higher version. Java is not downwardly compatible. Your application may have to install new drivers in support of the newer release of JAVA. We had to run multiple paths. Regards
Otto Schumacher Technical Support, CICS EDS, an HP Company Ahold Account 2000 Wade Hampton Blvd. LC1-302 Greenville, South Carolina, 29615 Tel: 864 987-1417 Fax: 864 987-4500 E-mail: otto.schumac...@eds.com We deliver on our commitments so you can deliver on yours. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 2:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Anyone using JAVA 6.0 on z/OS? On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:16:32 -0500, Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com> wrote: >While working on implementing EKM, I noticed that JAVA 6.0 is out. > >When it comes to JAVA is it better to upgrade it now or should I wait? Is 6.0 causing any issues? > >Lizette > Are you aware that you can have multiple Java releases installed simultaneously? Just put them in different subdirectories. I current have 1.4.2 (31 bit), 5.0 (31 bit), 5.0_64 (64 bit) and 6.0 (64 bit) installed. Which one is running depends on which one you have on your PATH. Now, we don't use Java on z/OS. Well, I do on occasion, but nobody else does. Luddites! -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
