Tom wrote: <Per the IBM documentation, the z/196 requires z/VSE 4.1 or above, z/VM 5.4 or> <above and Suse 10 or above.>
<Of course, as those products are the only supported products available.> What about Red Hat? Is that also supported for z/196, or is it only Suse? Tom Duerbusch <duerbus...@stlouiscity.com> Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 12/29/2010 11:12 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject z/196 and older Operating Systems Per the IBM documentation, the z/196 requires z/VSE 4.1 or above, z/VM 5.4 or above and Suse 10 or above. Of course, as those products are the only supported products available. So, did the z/196 break older operating systems? I don't care that the older ones can't use newer facilities. (The z boxes came with dual channel sets which "broke" unsupported OS versions until "migration" PTFs became available. For example, at one site, I have z/VSE 3.1.0 running. We were planning on upgrading from a MP/3000 to a new box. My conversion process was to run z/VSE 3.1.0 on the new box in a LPAR, and bring up z/VSE 4.3 on another LPAR for conversion. The Business Partner is suggesting a z/10, but that was 4 months ago. I don't know if the z/196 was available at that time or not. I believe that the z/10 isn't in new production, so a z/10 would be used. Hence we pay for shipping, installation, site prep, no warranty, etc. which isn't in the proposal from the Business Partner. I don't think we get a migration discount either, but would enjoy the pricing point for z/VSE 4. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (trying to keep from making a "crap" proposal <G>)
