ISFC uses CTC connections. It doesn't use VTAM at all. Richard is
thinking of AVS. The major problem with ISFC is that not everyone has
channel extension equipment between data centers. A supported
IPGATE-type solution is needed before VTAM can go away.
As to the alleged difficulties of configuring SFS, I don't see it. I
opened the book, read it, and configured SFS. It wasn't hard. If you
don't understand VM at all, then everything is hard. If you do
understand VM, I don't see SFS as being particularly difficult.
Dennis
"Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you
ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to be the tool by which
men deal with one another, then men become the tools of men. Blood,
whips and guns - or dollars. Take your choice - there is no other - and
your time is running out." -- Ayn Rand
-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Schuh, Richard
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 10:04
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: [IBMVM] new VSMDCSS in z/VM 5.4
I concur, especially the bit about working over IP. ISFC over IP has
beeen a long time in not coming. The efforts to kill VTAM are certainly
going better than the efforts to kill VM. When they finally succeed,
what happens to ISFC and remote access of SFS? There should be a
replacement in the offing.
Regards,
Richard Schuh
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcy Cortes
> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 9:40 AM
> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
> Subject: Re: new VSMDCSS in z/VM 5.4
>
> I'd like more reliance on SFS for our own stuff.
> But it needs to be highly available (run on more than 1 VM
> system at a time).
> It also needs to work over IP in a vendor supported manner.
>
>
> Marcy
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