Hi, We have a client (a small University) who we provide (steeply) discounted software support services for, who would like to move their OS from a z/10 LPAR (a very small LPAR on a much larger facility), to their own small z/114. They are not able to convert to z/OS 1.10 or above right now because of a software issue with one of their products (Adabas). I have explained that they will need the lifecycle extension to execute "properly" on the new box, and they are willing more than to do that, but they would like to verify that it will work for them before they commit themselves to moving from their current LPAR (which is on someone else's (a much larger University's) z/10 box) to their own.
I understand their concern, starting up a data center is not something to go blindly into, but I have no idea where they can test their OS ahead of time. I have contacted IBM to see about testing in Dallas, but that appears to not be a z/196 and is running under z/VM and won't fit the bill. Is there anyone on the list who has a z/196 or z/114 that is willing to provide a small test LPAR to IPL and bring up Adabas to verify that it works for them? I realize that this is an imposition, but they just want to be sure that it will IPL and that the address spaces will start. There will be no users involved in the testing, it's just a straight functionality test. They are a university and they have a "test" Adabas with no secure data on it. I can make the 3390 volumes available in whatever format you need them in (tape or transmittable), and I can make any necessary HCD changes before I make the copy of the system. So, is there anyone willing to help out a California University with this? Please feel free to contact me on or off list. Brian Westerman [email protected] (800) 767-2244 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
