Here, Here!! On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com>wrote:
> On Thursday, 08/26/2010 at 11:49 EDT, "Horlick, Michael" > <michael.horl...@cgi.com> wrote: > > We are currently running z/VM 5.2 and have z/VM 5.4 under test in a > second > > level machine. We are pretty stable in our environment. > > > > There is a possibility within a year or so that we will be getting a > z10. > > > > Should we go to 5.4 or 6.1? > > > > Are they any advantages in waiting for the new box and installing 6.1 on > it > > (bypassing 5.4)? > > If you wait, then you will be upgrading software and hardware at the same > time. It's generally preferable to change only one of those at a time. > Since z/VM 5.4 supports z10, I suggest you upgrade your existing machine > to 5.4 and then slide your z10 in underneath later. THEN you can move up > to 6.1 at your convenience with no loss of support. > > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development > IBM Endicott > -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems
