1.7 went EOS 30 September, 2008. A 2 year, fee based, "IBM Lifecycle Extension for z/OS V1.7 (5637-A01)" (SHARE, Austin, JES3 project, session 2700) does exist.
The only supported releases are 1.8 - 1.10. Compatibility, coexistence, toleration (CCT) is guaranteed for n+2. Support is GA+3 years. That being said, I have violated the n+2 (n+3 at the time) CCT rule. You should still be able to get the 1.7-1.9 CCT PTFs. Put them on. Be careful of the console restructure and protected user key CSA. Use the 1.9 migration aid. Verify your vendor products. Review the 1.10 migration guide for big issues. Do NOT run 1.7 and 1.10 simultaneously in a shared DASD environment. Switching between 1.7 and 1.10 MAY work, be prepared to recover catalogs. Do NOT use any new 1.10 features until 1.7 is history. Good luck. Dennis Roach GHG Corporation Lockheed Martin Mission Services Flight Design and Operations Contract NASA/JSC Address: 2100 Space Park Drive LM-15-4BH Houston, Texas 77058 Mail: P.O. Box 58487 Mail Code H4C Houston, Texas 77258 Phone: Voice: (281)336-5027 Cell: (713)591-1059 Fax: (281)336-5410 E-Mail: dennis.ro...@lmco.com All opinions expressed by me are mine and may not agree with my employer or any person, company, or thing, living or dead, on or near this or any other planet, moon, asteroid, or other spatial object, natural or manufactured, since the beginning of time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
