Mark, Jim, first of all: you are right, z/OS 1.4 doesn't run directly on z10. We have a customer in Germany with the same request. But z/VM is an option, at least z/OS 1.4 (newest PTF level only!) boots fine on z/VM without any problems. We did not go into detailled tests, but we will definitely in the next months.
Of course, we would recommend to go to 1.7 (or 1.9) anyhow before moving to z10, especially if they don't have z/VM in the shop yet. Better to invest into z/OS migration instead of setting up z/VM. If you have further questions, feel free to contact me. Dirk Johann, IBM Germany -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Mulder Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/OS 1.4 on a z10 IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 06/25/2008 11:07:28 AM: > Is anyone running z/OS 1.4 on a z10? I have a customer that wants to > purchase a z10, but is not ready to upgrade their version of z/OS. I know > the official party line is that nothing is supported prior to z/OS 1.7. But > the customer does not care about being supported, only that it runs. The format of the MP adjustment factors (supplied by the STSI instruction) changed in the z10, and without an SRM PTF to support this change you get 0C9 abends. I don't think VM would have any reason to virtualize the MP adjustment factors, so my guess would be that running under VM would not avoid this problem. Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
