One reason may be that 6.1 is sun downed before 5.4. All be it by a few months, so my point may be mute.
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 6:16 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Will it run ? On Wednesday, 04/06/2011 at 05:36 EDT, Graeme Moss <ib...@mossaustralia.com> wrote: > I have the opportunity to work on upgrading a VM/ESA 2.2 system to z/VM 5.4 > on a new z10. I am wondering if I can run a copy of the 2.2 system under 5.4 > on a z10 during the build phase ? Maybe**, on standard CPs of course. :-) But why would you put z/VM 5.4 on a z10? Use z/VM 6.1 instead. If they bought z/VM V5 and have S&S, they're entitled to z/VM V6. 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 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott ** No warranty expressed or implied.