Hubert, We don't have a problem...I was only replying to an inquiry from Robert Nix where he asked "what distro people used and why". What I was saying was some backup to "why" we use RHEL.
Our CICS adapters are totally separate from the zLinux code (which runs under z/VM), so no interference possible there. The only interface between the CICS adapters and our zLinux code is via MQ Series queues. By MQ only, I mean that we do not have all of Websphere installed. Our adapters do native MQGETs, MQWPUTs etc. Regards, Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hubert Kleinmanns Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:36 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: What distribution and why? Kevin, what's exactly is your problem? As I told we are working with WebSphere MQ without any problems on SLES10 and it worked before on SLES8 (we did not test it on SLES9). Possibly your own CICS adapters interfere with some other stuff on SUSE, which is not installed on RH. The WebSphere Message Broker comes with its own MQ queue manager, so maybe you did not remove everything properly before installing Websphere MQ (this could be a SUSE specifc issue, but I do not think so). Of course the packages which come with RH or SUSE may affect other applications. We had a problem using OpenREXX and WebSphere Application Server on SLES9 ... Last question: What do you mean with "MQ only"? Regards Hubert > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> > Gesendet: 14.04.08 13:58:03 > An: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Betreff: Re: What distribution and why? > > Hubert, > > No, it doesn't. > > We do use MQ "only" and have our own CICS adapters to directly manipulate the > queues. From talking to one of the zLinux developers this morning, he is not > sure he remembers the exact reasons. Message Broker springs to mind because > we did "play" with that for a while before rejecting it for use here. The > other thing that he thought may have played into the equation is that the FBI > already used RH products on the desktop, so the support issue may have been > easier to deal with as there was an existing agreement with RH. > > The thing that this topic may have raised is that (at least back then) not > all products necessarily play with each other. I'm not sure whether that is > still true but wouldn't mind betting that it is. > > Regards, > > K > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hubert > Kleinmanns > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 6:59 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: What distribution and why? > > Kevin, > > does "MQ" mean "WebSphere MQ"? > > We are working with WebSphere MQ on SUSE for several years and it works fine. > > Regards > Hubert > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > Gesendet: 14.04.08 12:36:08 > > An: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Betreff: Re: What distribution and why? > > > > > > We use RHEL and if I remember correctly (I don't work on the zLinux project > > directly) it was to do with RHEL compatibility with some other software at > > the time we started (several years ago). Maybe it was MQ, although not > > sure. If it is important I can ask the folks that do work on it. > > > > K > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RPN01 > > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:35 AM > > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Subject: What distribution and why? > > > > We¹re looking at the costs and effort of converting our installation from > > SuSE SLES to RedHat RHEL on the zSeries, and I¹m wondering what others are > > running, and why they chose the particular distribution. All comments are > > welcome, on or off list; I just want to be sure we¹re not backing ourselves > > into the room¹s other corner.... > > > > I know this has been discussed before, but times change, and maybe a > > headcount is in order again. > > > > -- > > Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. > > RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW /V\ > > 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ > > ----- ^^-^^ > > "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but > > in practice, theory and practice are different." > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > -- Hubert Kleinmanns Beratung / Schulung / Projektleitung Chairman der WG "WebSphere MQ and Business Integration" in der GSE, deutsche Region. 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