Classification: Confidential Heard that one before. I have one client that is 25 years into a 5 year plan to get of the mainframe.
I have another that will be running at least 2 1/2 years over projection. Over the years I have heard of far more failures than successes (although some have succeeded). Hang in there -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Gibney, Dave Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2022 2:33 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM Z13 and Z13s EOL [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you trust the sender, Don’t click links or open attachments as it may be a Phishing email, which can steal your Information and compromise your Computer.] We drug 10 years out of a z9. Last several years, it would have been cheaper (hardware maintenance and z/OS license charges) to upgrade to current model minus 1 or even current model. But, the mainframe was going away..... Our 5 year contract with a MFaaS site runs out in October and it is looking like we will not be running z/OS after that. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Carmen Vitullo > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2022 12:27 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM Z13 and Z13s EOL > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > thanks, yes we got as much bang out of the box as we could before EOS, > and the plan was to 'outsource' or move the prod processing to a cloud > provider. now it looks like leadership has decided to purchase a new > processor, but they'd like to get every bit of juice out of this box > before they 'NEED' replace it. > > thanks for your response > > Carmen > > On 8/18/2022 2:22 PM, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: > > AFAIK it is not yet announced, but it seems it could be 2026 or 2027. > > I mean EOS - end of support. > > However this is one of several "end of life" dates. You cannot > > purchase any upgrade to z13, including microcode activation of > > resources already present in the machine. > > z/OS 2.5 still supports z13, so most of the software will work on it > > as well (there are exceptions). > > > > So, the platform is moribund - it is still supported, but no HW > > upgrades and it seems z/OS 2.6 will not support it. Good time to > > change it. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ::DISCLAIMER:: ________________________________ The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of authorized representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and other defects. ________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
