Dana and Anne, This is what I recall as well. I don't believe any of our third party software had issues with running on a z/OS client running on VM once the DR facility plugged the correct virtual serial number in. As you said, we had some issues with a couple products (sorry, I don't remember what they were) refusing to work due to machine type/capacity setting being incorrect. In one case we got bit because - as providence would have it - we happened to be running on a z10 as was the DR facility. In the ensuing year we upgraded to a z12 and the DR facility was still on the z10 and this product stopped working.
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dana Mitchell Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 8:50 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: serial numbers ... real and imagine) Sorry Anne, I wasn't implying anything with my quote, I was merely throwing it out there as supporting the reason that software vendors check serial numbers, catching implementation mistakes more often than nefarious intents... Especially in today's outsourced or skills deficient systems environments that seem to becoming more common as Charles noted. I do recall in the past, setting our real CPU serial numbers in the VM images at a DR site, and at the time it seems like some software products were OK with it. Others were OK with the feigned serial number but complained about the CPU model number (I don't remember if the 'real' CPU model number showed through or it was something clever like x'FF') Dana On Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:14:34 +0000, Adams, Anne (DTI) <anne.ad...@state.de.us> wrote: >I guess I’m not really explaining myself too well here. Firstly, I'm >not suggesting doing anything illegal or anything that would violate >any licensing >agreements. (Jiminy Crickets, what sort of person do you >think I am?) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
