Ron,
To be honest fair and 100% accurate you should said "it is delivered
with Resource Manager, which is usually ordered with the box". Analogy
to ICKDSF is not good: I cannot get rid of ICKDSF when buying MVS.
I can omit Resource Manager when I buy HDS box. We did it *everytime* we
bought HDS box. If you want to provide some analogy, I'd suggest DSS as
part of HSM (or rather prerequisite), or TSO interface as part of PPRC
functionality.
Regarding to the HDS DASD and Resource Manager - we manage it without
it. SVP is enough. The only disadvantage is lack of remote access.
Oh, I forgot, we tested RM. It is nearly as slow and awful as Linux
based console for Shark (this is BIG insult). Fortunately it is much
more intuitive (not big deal, everything is more convenient).
Regards
--
Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
Ron and Jenny Hawkins wrote:
Radoslaw,
As I said - "It's kind of free." Kind of like ICKDSF and DFSMSdfp are free
with MVS.
The boxes will work problem free without Resource Manager Software, but
there is no Remote Console or Web Access without the Resource Manager
Software. That means you would need to call an Engineer to open the covers
and access the SVP for you just to change your port assignments or LUN
Security.
Ron
AFAIK, it is *not* free.
Resource Manager also.
At least for 7700E and 9900 machines.
--
Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
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