Hey Tim, Could you give us a one-liner for each of these.
VD&T -- zOS on s390x architecture (IFL) zD&TE -- zOS on x86_64 architecture ADCD -- ?? Wazi -- ?? - KB ------- Original Message ------- On Thursday, June 16th, 2022 at 2:16 PM, Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote: > IBM Wazi as a Service provides near instant (within just a few minutes), on > demand access to z/OS instances for development, unit testing, and training. > These instances run in IBM Cloud, and the performance is excellent since they > run on real mainframes. Wazi as a Service is in limited preview now and will > be more generally available this year. See here for more information: > > https://www.ibm.com/cloud/wazi-as-a-service > > One question we got is, "Great, but can I also do this on premises?" Well, > yes, you "always" could/can with development LPARs and z/VM guests. And also > on your Linux PC (or a X86 server) with the IBM Z Development and Test > Environment (ZD&TE), although in that case it's real z/OS but with emulation > overhead. > > Now there's yet another great option: the IBM Virtual Dev and Test for z/OS, > generally available THIS FRIDAY. The announcement letter is available here: > > https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/US-ENUS222-251-CA/name/US-ENUS222-251-CA.PDF > > And the landing page is here: > > https://www.ibm.com/products/virtual-dev-and-test-zos > > This product also provides virtualized z/OS instances on IFLs for > development, unit testing, and training. You will need at least 2 IFLs (on an > IBM zSystems or LinuxONE server), although they can be potentially shared > with other workloads. Of course you'll need some memory and disk space. The > latter can be any reasonable Linux-attachable storage. (It does not have to > be specifically ECKD/FICON-attached.) IBM Virtual Dev and Test for z/OS > licenses are available via IBM Passport Advantage in your choice of one-time > charge license (with annual Subscription & Support) or monthly license (with > monthly Subscription & Support). You can start with monthly then switch to > one-time charge if you wish. > > Did I mention it's generally available this Friday? :-) > > Speaking to z/OS system programmers and other operators for a moment (and my > personal views here, as always)... The intention behind these offerings is to > make sure developers have whatever they need without constraints or delay. > Let them do their jobs and be productive at speed. If each developer wants > her own z/OS instance, FINE. If the developer "destroys" that z/OS instance, > no problem, the developer can spin up another one from "last known good." > (That's part of learning, and that's a good thing.) And if you won't let > developers develop (and unit test), and maybe even stumble once in a while, > we'll do it...with a very reasonable hourly rate for IBM Wazi as a Service, > with "walk up" service just a few clicks/taps away from anywhere. But you can > do it, too, so go do it (too), OK? > > With both Wazi as a Service and IBM Virtual Dev and Test for z/OS developers > can use the pre-built "ADCD" z/OS image or use a tool IBM provides to take a > "snapshot" of the current development LPAR(s) and use that as a starting > point. These z/OS instances can be automated, and we encourage that, so they > can be used for DevOps pipelines with automated unit testing. > > Have fun. > > — — — — — > Timothy Sipples > Senior Architect > Digital Assets, Industry Solutions, and Cybersecurity > IBM zSystems/LinuxONE, Asia-Pacific > [email protected] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
