On Monday, 02/16/2009 at 10:19 EST, "West, Judson" <judson.w...@teradata.com> wrote: > We are getting a z10 BC. We are creating the group icons for the HMC. In
> creating the image profiles, there is a pull down box to specify the operating > mode of the LPAR.We have two VM systems (both V5.2) on the older z890. The one > partition runs all of our CMS work and some z/OS guests. The other is for all > of ourLinux on zSeriesactivities. On the z890, the CMS partition is defined as > an ESA/390 partition while theLinux workload is in azLinuxpartition. On the > z10, there is now the option for a z/VM partition. Can either of these systems > run as a z/VM partition or should their LPAR operating modes remain the same as > is now on the z890? Remain the same. You need z/VM 5.4 to use a z/VM mode partition, wherein you can mix standard CPs (ESA/390), IFLs (LINUX), and other specialty engines in the same partition. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
