On Friday, 11/12/2010 at 07:49 EST, George Henke/NYLIC <george_he...@newyorklife.com> wrote:
> I believe HLASM is also used for IOCP/IODF processing. HLASM is not required in order to use IOCP. > Though such processing rarely happens now in the z/VM world, that may change in > the future. > > And from some recent posts on the matter, it appears to already be happening. > > There seems to be a trend away from dependence on z/OS HCD processing for this > functionality. People with z/OS use HCD on z/OS because that's what they know, and it's easy for them to do so. If the z/VM system is moved onto a z/VM-only CEC, then the decision of whether to use HCD/VM natively or to import/export from HCD/MVS comes up. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott
