Not George here, but that is correct. 5.4 will get you from there to here and the ptfs will run on the z9 as well.
Marcy This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Huegel Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 2:23 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] z/VM 5.1 on z196 George, are you saying that even AFTER the 14 PTF's for z196 support z/VM 5.4 still runs on a z9? If so that clears up a misconception I had, and also makes life much easier.