On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:20:50 -0500, Ward, Mike S wrote: >Hello all, I have a question. Does anyone have a list, or white paper, >or even scratch paper of what would be the downside of not upgrading >from z/os 1.7 to the current release. Aside from being unsupported that >is. Also you can purchase support for any release of z/os, right? Or am >I wrong in thinking that?
Not "any release," I don't think, at least not officially. IBM has announced special support beyond the normal, at a price, for certain releases. Note that this does not alter the migration and coexistence considerations. If you pay enough, you may be able to get support for other releases, but I would expect the cost to increase as the software gets older. One down side is that you won't be able to run new hardware. For example, you need at least z/OS 1.10 to support Extended Address Volumes. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
