On 16 Oct 2008 04:58:41 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >The reason I heard why Oracle 10g was the last release supported on z/OS >was that IBM did not have any plans to update their clandestine Media >Manager to 64-bit addressing.
If true I would like to have about 4 hours with the IBM mainframe strategists. I believe penny-pinching accountants with no vision for how things inter-relate have taken over. Clark Morris > >Regards, >John K > >Bret Hoesly of the IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> >wrote on 10/15/2008 03:37:07 PM: > >> Yes, Oracle 10g is the last release that will run under z/OS on a >> mainframe. We just recently upgraded to v10.2.0.3.0 and are running >> it under z/OS v1.9. Oracle v10.2 is "the terminal release for z/OS" >> and premier support for it ends in July 2012, although extended >> support after that indefinitely for a price. If you ever want to go >> to v11, it can't be done on the mainframe unless you run it, as >> others have mentioned, under a z/linux-z/VM partition (which I'm >> hoping we'll get to try out sometime). >> >> HTH, >> Bret Hoesly >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of John McKown >> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:11 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: question about Oracle on the mainframe >> >> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:08:12 -0700, Kurt Eastwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >> >> >Rich and John and anyone else who wants to respond, >> > >> >Are you saying: >> > >> >Oracle up to release 10 will run under z/OS but Oracle about release 10 >> will not run under z/OS but will run under z/Linux running under z/OS? >> > >> >Kurt >> >> That is my understanding. z/OS goes up to rel 10 only. z/Linux is still >> fully supported by the newer releases as are the other UNIX type boxes. I >> guess z/OS UNIX is just different enough to require too much porting for >the >> demand. >> >> -- >> John > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
