You are correct. I did have a little conversation on the list a few years ago wherein ISFC over IP was bandied about. Our ombudsman, whether in title or just actions - this was years after Lyn Hadley retired, was party to it.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O'Brien, Dennis L > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 7:07 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: new VSMDCSS in z/VM 5.4 > > 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 >
