Thanks to everyone who replied. Dropped the 1.6 onto tape, into a car and restored to a pristine z9BC and it all came up nicely (along with VM 4.4 and VSE 2.3.) No PTFs or 2096device applied. I have (firmly) suggested though that they upgrade to 1.8 and they're currently mulling it over but I believe it will be a done thing.
thanks Seb. On Thu, 10 May 2007 09:01:41 -0500, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Sebastian Welton wrote: >> An old customer has just called saying they're buying a z9BC, upgrading from >> a z890 and could I pop along to move them over. They're currently running >> zOS 1.6 (guest of zVM with other VSE and zLinux guests) and would preferably >> like to stay on the 1.6 system. I know that since I installed it a couple of >> years back that no maintenance has been installed or any PTFs or anything in >> fact. The system has no users as its only used for EE. After reading the >> literature it seems that 1.6 is okay to go on the z9BC, all I would have to >> do is install the 2096DEVICE PSP. Am I correct in this thinking? Or should I >> do my utmost to convince them to go 1.8 for peace of mind? >> >> TIA, >> >> Seb >> >Seb, > >We went from a z/OS 1.6 Flex box to a z9 box. The option of moving to >the new box could have included a move to 1.8 as well. We opted for >fewest changes possible. We knew 1.6 worked, and how well it worked. >If things didn't work right on the new box, we could focus on getting >1.6 to work with the new box. If we had gone to 1.8 during this >transition, we would be left wondering if the problem were the new box, >or the new OS. > >1.8 is in our future. > >It's a cautious approach that I recommend. It should also give you >better peace of mind. > >Mark Vollmer > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
