Re: IFL z/VM

2014-01-29 Thread Clark Morris
On 28 Jan 2014 10:42:22 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: On 1/28/2014 at 12:57 PM, JT jethin...@aol.com wrote: From my manager. Is it possible to run CICS (executing COBOL application code) on an IFL? The U.S. Postal Service migrated a good part of their CICS workload to SUSE

IFL z/VM

2014-01-28 Thread JT
From my manager. Is it possible to run CICS (executing COBOL application code) on an IFL? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: IFL z/VM

2014-01-28 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Afaik IFLs are not seen to z/os and z/vm lpars... ITschak On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:57 PM, JT jethin...@aol.com wrote: From my manager. Is it possible to run CICS (executing COBOL application code) on an IFL? -- For

Re: IFL z/VM

2014-01-28 Thread Neil Haley
...@gmail.com To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu, Date: 01/28/2014 12:59 Subject:Re: IFL z/VM Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Afaik IFLs are not seen to z/os and z/vm lpars... ITschak On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:57 PM, JT jethin...@aol.com wrote: From

Re: IFL z/VM

2014-01-28 Thread Mark Post
On 1/28/2014 at 12:59 PM, Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com wrote: Afaik IFLs are not seen to z/os and z/vm lpars... Not true. You can _try_ to IPL z/OS in an LPAR with IFLs, but the entire LPAR will checkstop as soon as it hits the instruction that's been disabled/disallowed on an IFL. z

Re: IFL z/VM

2014-01-28 Thread Tony Harminc
On 28 January 2014 12:57, JT jethin...@aol.com wrote: From my manager. Is it possible to run CICS (executing COBOL application code) on an IFL? Short answer: no. The only OSs that IBM supports IPLing on an IFL are Linux and zVM. But even under either of these, IBM will not license you a version

Re: IFL z/VM

2014-01-28 Thread Mark Post
On 1/28/2014 at 12:57 PM, JT jethin...@aol.com wrote: From my manager. Is it possible to run CICS (executing COBOL application code) on an IFL? The U.S. Postal Service migrated a good part of their CICS workload to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on System z, running on an IFL. I'm not

Re: IFL z/VM

2014-01-28 Thread David L. Craig
On 14Jan28:1142-0700, Mark Post wrote: The U.S. Postal Service migrated a good part of their CICS workload to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on System z, running on an IFL. I'm not familiar with all the technical details of how it was done, but Mark Neft of Accenture has presented on the

Re: IFL z/VM

2014-01-28 Thread Mike Schwab
You can order zIIPs and or zAAPs to assist in running CICS from z/OS. DB2 / Sort / Java / other enabled products. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:57 AM, JT jethin...@aol.com wrote: From my manager. Is it possible to run CICS (executing COBOL application code) on an IFL?