On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:26:55 -0600, Larry Macioce <[email protected]> wrote:
>We are a z/OS shop and I have a problem. For years we would order a new >version of software I would lay it down,get an iplable test system and then get >(hire) help to setup a production system and move catalogs,data and general >upgrade things. >Well I order z/OS1.7(we are a 1.6 shop) and there was a problem with the >order. Management cut several things out like cobol, ispf and few minor >players. So i scrapped the order and told management about the problem. >By the time everything was solved they were at v1.9. Also I was told no help >this time do it by myself(I am a 1 man shop z890/110) and according to IBM >there is no upgrade path to 1.9 or 1.10 which is what I would go to. >So I am wondering is there some kind of roadmap to get to were I need to be? >I can hack my way through just about anything. >thanks in advance > >Mace One thing to remember. You can always upgrade. Any problems that could occur would be only if your upgrade does not go and updates something, like a catalog, which the downlevel system cannot handle. Or if you have a "sandbox" and try to share things between the 1.6 and the new 1.9/1.10 system. -- 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
