On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:09:34 -0600, Wayne Driscoll <[email protected]> wrote:
>John, >In a previous life I was in a similar position, getting a new processor >(at the time it was a z800 or z890, so it's been a while). I was told >that even under z/VM z/OS is aware of the base hardware, Being aware doesn't always mean it won't work. But IIRC for the z990/z890 z/OS needed the compatibility FMID - even if running under z/VM. But if you had that you should have been fine for the z9 and probably z10 if you weren't using new features. I know some of this is also in the archives. I think someone said they even had 1.4 running on a z10 under z/VM (I know it won't IPL natively). > so the PSP bucket for the new processor should be applied. > Agreed. That is the safest thing to do. John, you might want to look at this: z/OS Positioning Software for z10 EC and z10 BC Servers http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/TD104518 Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:[email protected] z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.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
