Re: IBM buys PSI

2008-07-06 Thread Bruno Sugliani
On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:08:48 +0900, Timothy Sipples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The primary machine requirement for licensing the ADCD software is that you >obtain the machine through IBM PartnerWorld, but I don't see any >requirement (other than technical) concerning machine type. So I'd >recommend

Re: Utilization of Mainframe Software Licenses

2008-07-06 Thread Timothy Sipples
Ted MacNeil writes: >>When Parallel SYSPLEX first came out, you got a discount on >>IBM software, if you bought at least one coupling facility >>and one timer. I replied: >The 9037 Sysplex Timer was never a requirement for Sysplex IBM >software pricing aggregation, to the best of my recollection. >

Re: Another difference between platforms...

2008-07-06 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:31:26 -0500, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:34:29 -0500, Wayne Driscoll wrote: > >>Clark, >>As was mentioned, FBA doesn't contain support for RESERVE/RELEASE, causing >>RACF/VM and RACF-z/OS to be unable to share a mini-disk resident datab

Re: Another difference between platforms...

2008-07-06 Thread Alan Altmark
On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 16:58:42 -0400, John P. Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The FBA command set originally contained support for Reserve/Release. > >The IBM 4331 and 4361 processors (direct attach), as well as the 3880-4 >controller provided the following related channel commands: > > X'14'

Re: Sysplex CDS placement

2008-07-06 Thread Barbara Nitz
Kees, given that the health checker still flags an exception when you place the sysplex and the CFRM CDS on the same volume, I wouldn't do it, even with PAV. Remember that ASM doesn't support HiperPAV (as of 1.8). Meaning that there must be some sort of support in the operating system for 'spec

Re: Another difference between platforms...

2008-07-06 Thread John P. Baker
Alan, The FBA command set originally contained support for Reserve/Release. The IBM 4331 and 4361 processors (direct attach), as well as the 3880-4 controller provided the following related channel commands: X'14' Unconditional Reserve X'94' Device Release

Re: Another difference between platforms...

2008-07-06 Thread John P. Baker
I resent that remark. :-) John P. Baker -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 8:36 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Another difference between platforms... Anybody who understands A

Re: Another difference between platforms...

2008-07-06 Thread John P. Baker
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Driscoll Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:34 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Another difference between platforms... Clark, As was mentioned, FBA doesn't contain support for RESERVE/

Re: Another difference between platforms...

2008-07-06 Thread William H. Blair
Eric Bielefeld wrote: > Really? I always thought the 3380s and 3390s were CKD device also Yes, really. Seymour J is right, as hard as that might be to believe. These drives are, under the covers, really FBA devices. Externally, however, they are CKD devices (because you use the standard CKD C

Re: Another difference between platforms...

2008-07-06 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 07/03/2008 at 02:34 PM, Wayne Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >As was mentioned, FBA doesn't contain support for RESERVE/RELEASE, What that really means is that the 3310 and 3370 didn't support Reserve/Release; were IBM to come up with newer DASD supporting the F

Re: IBM buys PSI

2008-07-06 Thread Steve Comstock
Timothy Sipples wrote: Jim McAlpine writes: AFAIK you can't licence the ADCD software package on these machines. Please tell me if I'm wrong. The primary machine requirement for licensing the ADCD software is that you obtain the machine through IBM PartnerWorld, but I don't see any requirement

Re: Another difference between platforms...

2008-07-06 Thread Eric Bielefeld
Really? I always thought the 3380s and 3390s were CKD device also, but I don't have anything to support that thought. Eric Bielefeld Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AFAIK, the last