Here is a quote from a post on the VM List from Les Geer of z/VM Development: "Why z10 only, it takes advantage of new support between the HMC and LPAR which allows the load to be ~10 minutes as opposed to hours."
Wayne Driscoll Product Developer NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Driscoll Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 10:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/VM Evaluation Edition Now Available If I recall correctly, it had do with a change in the HMC appliance to allow an LPAR to "own" the DVD-RAM device. Wayne Driscoll Product Developer NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/VM Evaluation Edition Now Available Wayne Driscoll wrote: > Now I realize that IBM has valid reasons for the limitation ... What are the valid reasons? Why not z9 as well? -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
