Especially given that z/OS 1.7 is not a valid "base" level for upgrading to z/OS 1.11 . The 1.7 system likely needs a LOT of maintenance.
But, if the OP want to, there is a migration manual here: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/installation/installz111.html#pubs <quote> This document describes what you must do to migrate from either of the two releases that are supported for direct migration to z/OS V1R11 v z/OS V1R10 v z/OS V1R9 If you want to migrate to z/OS V1R11 from any other release, contact your IBM representative to find out what alternatives are available. </quote> -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-691-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Mills > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 2:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Someone has training manuals or notes that can help me > > Let me put it differently. I have been developing software on > z/OS and its > predecessors off and on since 1968. I have installed a > particular form of > IBM pre-packaged offering two or three times. I have owned > (in both the > legal and familiar sense of the word) three different very small IBM > mainframes. I have taught an "introduction to the IBM > mainframe" class. > > I have a copy of nearly every z/OS manual. > > I personally would not attempt to perform the upgrade of a > production z/OS. > I know for certain that there is no way I would end up with > an optimally > configured machine. I think the likelihood that I would end > up with a brick > would be just as great as my likelihood of success. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Charles Mills > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 11:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Someone has training manuals or notes that can help me > > You have a very, very tough job ahead of you if you have no > experience with > z/OS. > > z/OS is a complex package and not much like anything else. A > lot of the > documentation makes the assumption that you already know > everything that > came before. > > I doubt the likelihood of your success. Sorry. No offense to > you. It is just > a very complex and obscure problem you are facing. > > IBM has some prepackaged solutions, I believe at an > additional cost. Your > management might want to look into those, or into buying a > few hours of > someone's time to support you remotely while you attempt > this. There are > probably folks on this list (not me!) who might be qualified > and willing to > do this. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
