I have a client who has a customer that is in a pickle. Yes, of their own making, but it is what it is. Government agency, limited budgets, long procurement cycles, personnel constraints, etc. They are running z/OS V1R10 on a z114. They now have an urgent need to be able to run COBOL 6 executables. (Yes, there is a longer story here, but I think I have covered the technical essentials.)
COBOL 6 executables absolutely require LE V2R1 or above. (Someone please correct me if I am wrong.) The z114 will support up to z/OS V2R2. V2R2 is of course withdrawn from marketing. Can I get some help here? What are the chances that they could obtain V2R2 media? Can anyone help me out? There is no desire to run pirated software. Is there any route by which one obtains a license from IBM for back-level z/OS? One bit of good news: They are running V1R10 under VM so it would be possible to install a new instance of V2R2; it is not necessary to upgrade their running system. Any other suggestions -- other than don't get yourself into pickles -- would be welcomed. The use of an off-premises box does not appear to be a good option because the COBOL 6 executables will have to read and update data sets that are also used by online systems running on the existing V1R10 -- although not necessarily simultaneously. Feel free to respond off-line if appropriate. Charlesm at mcn dot org Charles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN