Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-08-02 Thread David L. Craig
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 06:30:08PM -0500, John McKown wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Edward M Martin wrote: > > > I would suggest to you all, IBM LAWYERS are now watch everyone > > involved with this Hercules conversation. > > I can say that, 1) it is illegal to run z/VM (pick a version) >

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-29 Thread Graeme Moss
Thank-you Jim you have given me a definite answer. Now I know it pointless talking to the procurement team about going down this path. - Original Message - From: "Jim Elliott, IBM" To: Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:38 AM Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-29 Thread Jim Elliott, IBM
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:03:59 +1000, Graeme Moss wrote: >The company I work for is very tight with money (eg they don't pay me wh at I >would like to receive) and the section I work for (Software Factory) onl y >gets hand-me-down mainframes. I can see the situation arising where our >clients who

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-29 Thread Edward M Martin
Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:59 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9 On Jul 29, 2009, at 8:48 AM, Edward M Martin wrote: > Hello Adam, > >

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-29 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jul 29, 2009, at 1:50 AM, Dave Wade wrote: I seem to recall it being mentioned somewhere that after the PSI debacle IBM amended the license terms to specifically prohibit the use of zVM under Emulation of any kind thus closing this loophole. Even if it's on the same processor? That

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-29 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jul 29, 2009, at 8:48 AM, Edward M Martin wrote: Hello Adam, I can say that I was told, in no uncertain terms, from IBM that it is illegal to run VM/ESA and up under Hercules. That was a while back, and things may have changed but I have never seen anything to the contrary.

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-29 Thread Edward M Martin
Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-363-5050 ext 35050 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 9:26 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9 On Jul 28

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread Dave Wade
> -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On > Behalf Of Adam Thornton > Sent: 29 July 2009 02:26 > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9 > > On Jul 28, 2009, at 6:32 PM, John McK

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread Nick Laflamme
On Jul 28, 2009, at 4:03 PM, Graeme Moss wrote: The company I work for is very tight with money (eg they don't pay me what I would like to receive) and the section I work for (Software Factory) only gets hand-me-down mainframes. I can see the situation arising where our clients who are on a

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jul 28, 2009, at 6:32 PM, John McKown wrote: On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Adam Thornton wrote: On Jul 28, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Edward M Martin wrote: I can say that, 1) it is illegal to run z/VM (pick a version) under Hercules, 2) they do not like it, and 3) they do not have any sense of hu

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread Les Geer (607-429-3580)
>> We are licensed to run z/VM 5.x on our z9. I do not believe there is a >> restriction that it must be the host system in a lpar thus running lpar >> -> vm -> linux -> hercules -> vm is quite legal. I am trying to asertain >> should I bother going to our procurment people to ask them to talk to I

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread John McKown
On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Adam Thornton wrote: > On Jul 28, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Edward M Martin wrote: > > > > > I can say that, 1) it is illegal to run z/VM (pick a version) > > under Hercules, 2) they do not like it, and 3) they do not have any > > sense of humor. > > Perfectly fine to run it und

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread John McKown
On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Edward M Martin wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I would suggest to you all, IBM LAWYERS are now watch everyone > involved with this Hercules conversation. > > I can say that, 1) it is illegal to run z/VM (pick a version) > under Hercules, 2) they do not like it, and

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 7/28/2009 at 6:03 PM, Graeme Moss wrote: > We are licensed to run z/VM 5.x on our z9. I do not believe there is a > restriction that it must be the host system in a lpar thus running lpar -> > vm -> linux -> hercules -> vm is quite legal. I am trying to asertain should > I bother going

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread Dave Wade
> -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On > Behalf Of Rob van der Heij > Sent: 28 July 2009 22:26 > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9 > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Ma

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread Graeme Moss
July 29, 2009 7:25 AM Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9 Hello Everyone, I would suggest to you all, IBM LAWYERS are now watch everyone involved with this Hercules conversation. I can say that, 1) it is illegal to run z/VM (pick a version) under Hercules, 2) they do not like it, and 3) they

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread O'Brien, Dennis L
nt leap for mankind". -- Neil Armstrong, 20 July 1969, Sea of Tranquility -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Jones Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 14:44 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] z/VM 6.1 and Her

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread Dave Jones
But I think that's the real problem here, you can not license z/VM 6.1 on a z9 processor, so in effect you would be running unlicensed software (z/VM 6.1) on an unsupported system (z9->Linux->Hercules->z/VM 6.1). And, as Rob has pointed out, performance would in all likelihood be perfectly hor

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jul 28, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Edward M Martin wrote: I can say that, 1) it is illegal to run z/VM (pick a version) under Hercules, 2) they do not like it, and 3) they do not have any sense of humor. Perfectly fine to run it under Hercules on the processor z/VM is licensed to. Adam

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread Edward M Martin
/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9 The company I work for is very tight with money (eg they don't pay me what I would like to receive) and the section I work for (Software Factory) only gets hand-me-down mainframes. I can see the situation arising where our clients who are on a z10 will want z/VM 6.

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Mark Post wrote: On 7/28/2009 at  5:03 PM, Graeme Moss wrote: > -snip- >> Questions >> 1/ Do you think z/VM 6.1 could be installed under Hercules under Linux on a >> z9 ? > > Most likely it would work. Re-reading the original question, it appears that OP is

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Graeme Moss > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:04 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9 > > The company I work for is very t

Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 7/28/2009 at 5:03 PM, Graeme Moss wrote: -snip- > Questions > 1/ Do you think z/VM 6.1 could be installed under Hercules under Linux on a > z9 ? Most likely it would work. > 2/ Do you think IBM would allow it since it is not production? Absolutely not. If someone from IBM finds out,

z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9

2009-07-28 Thread Graeme Moss
The company I work for is very tight with money (eg they don't pay me what I would like to receive) and the section I work for (Software Factory) only gets hand-me-down mainframes. I can see the situation arising where our clients who are on a z10 will want z/VM 6.1 but the Software Factory only