On 28 Feb 2006 05:44:29 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ibm-main) wrote: >Just about choked on my beer ... >" Support is planned for up to 4 TB of real memory on a single z/OS image. >This is expected to allow the use of up to 512 GB of real memory on a single >z/OS image on IBM System z9T servers and up to 256 GB on z990 servers." > >Yep - definitely need that. Well, maybe ... > >" RMFT eServer® OS Monitoring Stage 2 for z/OS, including a WBEM profile >based on the IETF SLP protocol, supporting CIM indications designed to >enable exploiters using standard CIM client applications to subscribe to >asynchronous events, and exposing some additional existing RMF metrics to >CIM. " > >Mmmm - better get off my arse and finish that Linux RMF client I started >writing .... >Of course if I had a system at the requisite level it'd be easier to test. > >" Increased focus on simplifying z/OS for the new generation of IT >professionals has resulted in many advances in ease of use. " > >Mmmm - wonder how the "new kids" feel about this. Dumbing down gone mad ???.
As someone who was at one time the lead systems programmer for a small MVS shop, I would have appreciated as much simplification as was feasible. It is difficult enough to figure out the overall goals without having to go through unnatural contortions to figure out how to achieve them. Spending hours figuring out manuals and obscure parameters is not my idea of how to spend my time productively for my employer. > >Shane ... > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
