z/VM 5.3.0 was the first release to have an RSCS feature. Prior to
that, RSCS was a separate program product. It came preinstalled on the
z/VM distribution, at least as far back as the z/VM 5.1 DVD, but it was
a separate product which required a separate license. A special bid was
required to license RSCS on an IFL, which may have contributed to IBM's
decision to make RSCS a priced feature of z/VM. No special bid is
required for the RSCS feature, but you do have to license it.
The rest of Nick's post asks some good questions.
Dennis O'Brien
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-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On
Behalf Of Nick Laflamme
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 18:58
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: [IBMVM] I need to assemble RSCS exits
Warning: It's been a year and a half since I last supported a VM
system, so take what I say with a grain of salt, not as Gospel truth.
Or, take this as an invitation to step back and look at the larger
picture.
On May 5, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Steve Harman wrote:
> We have a vm 5.2 system (yes, now unsupported) running RSCS v3.2.
> I've
> been told that we need to be off the old release of RSCS by the end
> of June
> or we'll incur a monthly fine.
>
> RSCS is now packaged with the base OS.
RSCS was packaged with z/VM 5.2 as well, even with z/VM Version 4
systems. It might be functionally very similar to RSCS V3, but it
should have been an option to license (if needed) the RSCS feature
instead of the RSCS program product with z/VM 5.2. Obviously, there's
some reason you think you're running RSCS V3 R2, so there might have
been a good reason to do so (an old OTC license?), but it'd be an odd
configuration.
> One thing I need to do is
> assemble some exits and rebuild the RSCS loadlib using the FL540
> maclibs.
Are you sure?
I don't mean to be flip about this, but,
a) are you sure you need these exits?
b) are you sure the exits assembled under z/VM 5.2 won't run with the
z/VM 5.4 level of RSCS?
c) how'd they get assembled under z/VM 5.2, anyway? Did someone supply
them to you already assembled? If so, do they have 5.4 levels as well?
Given your short deadlines and your lack of VM knowledge in house, it
might even be worth your employer's money to bring in a consultant to
make this happen for you, studying the exits in place and seeing if
they're needed or how to assemble them for your z/VM 5.4 system.
