IBM Machine Type 2828 is an IBM zBC12 machine. As I write this (mid July, 2020), all the latest generally available IBM operating system releases support this machine model. These releases include:
z/OS 2.4 z/VM 7.1 z/VSE 6.2 z/TPF (including the latest PUT as I write this) Certain operating system features, such as the z/OS Container Extensions, are not compatible with the IBM z12 generation machines (machine types 2827 and 2828). On April 14, 2020, IBM announced that it plans to release z/VM 7.2 sometime this quarter (3Q2020). z/VM 7.2 will not support z12 generation machines and will require an IBM z13 generation machine or higher, or any IBM LinuxONE machine. Red Hat and Canonical have dropped support for the IBM z12 generation machines in their latest Linux distributions (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x and Ubuntu Server 20.04). SUSE continues to support the IBM z12 generation machines in their SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1. (Their forthcoming SP2 also looks OK per their current beta release documentation.) If you're considering a machine model upgrade (hopefully), currently IBM migration and/or other IBM offers are available from the IBM zBC12 to the IBM z14 ZR1 and IBM z15 T02 models. Unless there's some super important reason I suggest the IBM z15 T02, introduced earlier this year (2020). - - - - - - - - - - Timothy Sipples I.T. Architect Executive Digital Asset & Other Industry Solutions IBM Z & LinuxONE - - - - - - - - - - E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
