I'd like to make folks aware of a link we just added to the z/OS download Web page ( http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/downloads/ ). The IBM Migration Checker for z/OS is a new as is tool . It includes twelve batch programs you can run to help determine whether certain migration actions will be needed to migrate to z/OS V1.8 on your currently running system.
You can run the tool as often as you like -- on your current system before youve even ordered z/OS V1.8, after installing z/OS V1.8, and after each z/OS V1.8 image is deployed into your enterprise. Because the tool does not make any changes to your system and because it is aware of the level of the system on which it is running, it can alert you to migration actions that you should plan for in the future, detect migration actions that you can do now to clear the way to z/OS V1.8, and verify that youve done the migration actions correctly when youre running z/OS V1.8. (Though the IBM Migration Checker for z/OS is primarily intended to help with migrations to z/OS V1.8, a subset of the programs are expected to be useful for migrations from z/OS V1.4 to z/OS V1.7 also. ) This tool is intended to be used with the z/OS Migration book to help you create your complete migration plan. More information can be found on the IBM Migration Checker for z/OS Web page, so I won't put too many details here. I would appreciate any feedback you may have on this new tool to our Feedback forum. (You can find out how to access this forum from the IBM Migration Checker for z/OS Web page) . Thank you, -Marna z/OS System Build and Installation IBM Poughkeepsie ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
