Of course a free zIIP would be the best solution. But that's a decision
to be made by sales people, while running z/OSMF remotely would be work
(and maybe even a fun project) for a programmer. Now... which group
would more likely say yes? In my experience, don't even bother trying
to get something for free from someone in sales :)
On 5/20/2022 6:14 AM, Pommier, Rex wrote:
One would think that since IBM is forcing everybody to use z/OSMF they would
accommodate their own customers and not force their smallest ones into
expensive upgrades just to run this software. As Seymour mentioned, since
zIIPs and the like are all normal processors, IBM should be able to build a bit
of microcode to use an unlicensed engine to run z/OSMF.
Rex
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Since z/OSMF is written in java, then why can't that high-CPU work run on
another platform such as Power or x86, and then communicate with the mainframe
for the z/OS work (i.e. submit jobs or whatever it does to run the actual
installation). Or am I thinking too far out of the box?
On 5/19/2022 6:15 PM, David Crayford wrote:
On 20/5/22 08:23, Andrew Rowley wrote:
Having a zIIP gives you plenty of horsepower for z/OSMF, and having
an IBM z15 gives you System Recovery Boost which gives you…plenty of
horsepower for z/OSMF at least during the first 60 minutes. (It’s
the z/OSMF startup that can take a long time on a low capacity
configuration.
I wouldn't be surprised if once people start using z/OSMF, it's not
just the startup that is slow on a small system. Maybe IBM should
give everyone one zIIP with their z/OS 2.5 license... it might even
be a useful stimulus for smaller z/OS sites.
100% agree. The z/EDC ASIC is now free and on-die on the new hardware.
IBM should do the same with at least 1 zIIP.
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