thanks for your reply I was aware of all of solutions suggested, and this is why I cross posted to Z/os (typical responses from larger shops ), Z/vm and Z/vse which we happen to run all on the same box, the smaller shops which IBM doesn't seen to care about all still needed ESCON, and all the wonderful solutions were cost prohibitive for them, and said would prob get off MF then upgrade it.
From: "R.S." <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Date: 08/10/2012 06:08 PM Subject: Re: ESCON Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> W dniu 2012-08-10 19:46, August Carideo pisze: > IBM is not going to support ESCON on its newest box, only FICON > I find this ludicrous, and just was wondering how many on the list would > still > require ESCON like we do for older devices we still use like 3174's, 3490E > ( for recall ), 3590's and XCF , > I know we can convert the 3174's to ICC, and XCF ( but what a waste of > FICON chans ) > the ICC needs testing internal network and Operations training esp since it > will effect VM VSE and Z/os across numerous LPARS > Note: GRS. GRS ring cannot be established using FICON channels (I mean non-sysplexed systems). So? Nothing. People who really need ESCON have two choices: a) stay with older CPC generations, even unsupported. It could stay for years - see case of 3490E drives b) use Optica converter. We've been using it for Bus&Tag emulation even on z10. One can use FC to CNC converter for as long. BTW: IBM decision is notridiculous. There are really few *IMPORTANT* devices on ESCON. Consoles can be migrated to ICC, tapes - if you care about performance - should be migrated few generations ago, DASDs should obviously be migrated to FICON many moons ago. What's left? Printers? GRS CTC? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- Tre tej wiadomoci moe zawiera informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wycznie do uytku subowego adresata. Odbiorc moe by jedynie jej adresat z wyczeniem dostpu osób trzecich. Jeeli nie jeste adresatem niniejszej wiadomoci lub pracownikiem upowanionym do jej przekazania adresatowi, informujemy, e jej rozpowszechnianie, kopiowanie, rozprowadzanie lub inne dziaanie o podobnym charakterze jest prawnie zabronione i moe by karalne. Jeeli otrzymae t wiadomo omykowo, prosimy niezwocznie zawiadomi nadawc wysyajc odpowied oraz trwale usun t wiadomo w czajc w to wszelkie jej kopie wydrukowane lub zapisane na dysku. This e-mail may contain legally privileged information of the Bank and is intended solely for business use of the addressee. This e-mail may only be received by the addressee and may not be disclosed to any third parties. If you are not the intended addressee of this e-mail or the employee authorised to forward it to the addressee, be advised that any dissemination, copying, distribution or any other similar activity is legally prohibited and may be punishable. If you received this e-mail by mistake please advise the sender immediately by using the reply facility in your e-mail software and delete permanently this e-mail including any copies of it either printed or saved to hard drive. BRE Bank SA, 00-950 Warszawa, ul. Senatorska 18, tel. +48 (22) 829 00 00, fax +48 (22) 829 00 33, www.brebank.pl, e-mail: [email protected] Sd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy XII Wydzia Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru S dowego, nr rejestru przedsibiorców KRS 0000025237, NIP: 526-021-50-88. Wedug stanu na dzie 01.01.2012 r. kapita zakadowy BRE Banku SA (w caoci wp acony) wynosi 168.410.984 zotych. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
