I manage 3 sites that each have a z13s with no specialty processors, they were deemed unnecessary at the time of the purchase, and at the time IBM didn't disclose that shortly afterwards they would be shifting to z/OSMF which all but locks them out of installing the next release.
Possibly IBM should not sell processors that are under powered for the mandatory processes, or possibly not force sites to upgrade the processor they purchased jsut because IBM has decided that z/OSMF is "easier" than Serverpac. It would have been smarter for IBM to keep z/OSMF based installation optional until the z13s was no longer a supported processor. Brian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
