> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric N. Bielefeld > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 11:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Using Java in batch on z/OS? > > > I forgot who the original poster of this was, but when you > said you had an > unused IFL engine, did you mean there was an IFL engine on > your machine that > was just there, and if you used it you would then have to pay > extra, or was > it an IFL that you actually paid for or IBM threw in the deal > when you got > the machine? Just curious. > > Eric Bielefeld
I am the original poster. We have an IFL engine enable on our z890. We got it because we had one on our z800. Our z890 is an "upgrade" to our z800. It actually would have cost more in upgrade fees to upgrade to the z890 and disable the IFL than to continue to have the IFL (weird!). We had an IFL on the z800 because of good marketting and poor understanding on our management's (ex management now) part. Management thought that we could consolidate a number of MS SQL servers onto a z/Linux system. Not migrate the data, but actually run MS SQL Server on z/Linux. They also were told "Linux is free". They thought: No monetary cost. Nobody in IBM marketting disabused them of this. So I have an enabled IFL engine on my z890. Right now, it is running the coupling facility code (in an LPAR, of course), but I can't get anybody to want to bother using that either. Too much trouble! VSAM/RLS? Who cares? <sigh>. I guess that I just hate to have a bought and paid for engine "doing nothing". And I like the thought of doing some things in Java (like XML and Web type processing) under CICS. But no real interest in that either. I'm frustrated, I guess. If this were the 80s (IIRC), then I'd just try to find a more "progressive" company. I hope your job search is going well. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
