On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:40:00 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: >On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:20:50 -0500, Ward, Mike S wrote: > >>Hello all, I have a question. Does anyone have a list, or white paper, >>or even scratch paper of what would be the downside of not upgrading >>from z/os 1.7 to the current release. Aside from being unsupported that >>is. Also you can purchase support for any release of z/os, right? Or am >>I wrong in thinking that? > >Not "any release," I don't think, at least not officially. IBM has >announced special support beyond the normal, at a price, for certain >releases. Note that this does not alter the migration and coexistence >considerations. > >If you pay enough, you may be able to get support for other releases, but I >would expect the cost to increase as the software gets older. > >One down side is that you won't be able to run new hardware. For example, >you need at least z/OS 1.10 to support Extended Address Volumes. >
Isn't there a future upgrade concern as well ??? I don't think you can upgrade from z/OS 1.7 to z/OS 1.10 or above and be supported by IBM. It might work, but more importantly, it might not... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
