The reason I heard why Oracle 10g was the last release supported on z/OS was that IBM did not have any plans to update their clandestine Media Manager to 64-bit addressing.
Regards, John K Bret Hoesly of the IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 10/15/2008 03:37:07 PM: > Yes, Oracle 10g is the last release that will run under z/OS on a > mainframe. We just recently upgraded to v10.2.0.3.0 and are running > it under z/OS v1.9. Oracle v10.2 is "the terminal release for z/OS" > and premier support for it ends in July 2012, although extended > support after that indefinitely for a price. If you ever want to go > to v11, it can't be done on the mainframe unless you run it, as > others have mentioned, under a z/linux-z/VM partition (which I'm > hoping we'll get to try out sometime). > > HTH, > Bret Hoesly > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John McKown > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: question about Oracle on the mainframe > > On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:08:12 -0700, Kurt Eastwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Rich and John and anyone else who wants to respond, > > > >Are you saying: > > > >Oracle up to release 10 will run under z/OS but Oracle about release 10 > will not run under z/OS but will run under z/Linux running under z/OS? > > > >Kurt > > That is my understanding. z/OS goes up to rel 10 only. z/Linux is still > fully supported by the newer releases as are the other UNIX type boxes. I > guess z/OS UNIX is just different enough to require too much porting for the > demand. > > -- > John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
