I received the following question from my management: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
The question is being asked: can we move existing z/OS processing (Omegamon? Netview?) to z/Linux to take advantage of IFL engines or other efficiencies? I would expect that the z/Linux image would in turn run under z/VM. So far I have not uncovered any candidates with the possible exception of Netview. Most (all?) of IBM's candidates are middleware products such as DB2 Connect. CCL loosely fits the requirements (Communication Controller for Linux - the NCP/FEP emulator). Are you aware of any products? Links I have checked: http://www-03.ibm.com/linux/matrix/ ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/linux/IBMSoftwareOnLinux.pdf http://www-306.ibm.com/software/os/linux/software/ http://www-03.ibm.com/linux/prod_svc.html ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/tivoli/brochures/bc-mng-brd-ra.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I replied with: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DB2 Server and Java both run on Linux! So for that matter do COBOL, FORTRAN, PL/I, C, C++, etc. I suspect IBM is not really interested in moving workloads from z/OS to z/Linux – which is why you didn’t find anything but middleware in tho se lists. They want mainframe growth, not lateral movement (and perhaps loss of revenue?). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Any suggestions? Has anyone tried moving workload from z/OS to z/Linux? Any success stories or warnings? I posted this here, because it is easier to post to the IBMVM list via th e web page than to the LINUX-390 list, and because I know and trust the people that respond here. Should I also post the question to LINUX-390? Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com
