We did ask our IBM rep, about a year ago. We were told that IBM didn't loan that but we could license all under Capacity on Demand. No trials, but we could load up Linux in an LPAR if we wanted, with the caveat that the performance would not be too swift. Until your note, we did not know of this evaluation availabilty. We have a new IBM rep, so I will ask him about this. If he doesn't know about this program either, I will send you his contact info.
Thanks! Linda Mooney -------------- Original message -------------- From: Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:15 PM, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Linda Mooney wrote: > > I too don't care how long it takes to load. Can it run on a z800? I would > > very much like to do a POC with z/VM and z/Linux. If it can run on z > > machines other than the z10, why not just let us know the caveats? The slow > > initial DVD load can take a week and I would still be interested. > > So, call your IBM rep and ask him to start the process to do a no-cost > evaluation of z/VM. Tell him/her you'd also like an IFL or two, and some real > storage loaned to you as well. Then download the Linux distribution of your > choice, and wait for all the pieces to come together. If your IBM rep says > they > don't know what you're talking about, send me their name off-list, and > they'll > get a visit from the Clue Fairy. > > The other point I'd like to make here is that it's not just "the initial > load" > that would be slow on a z9 or older box. The z/VM system doesn't actually get > installed to DASD with z/VM 5.3 EE. It loads everything from the DVD-RAM into > storage, and executes from there. If you shut down the system, and re-IPL it, > you get to wait again. For people with pre-z10 hardware, it really would be > better to just an evaluation copy of z/VM 5.3. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
