How frequently, if at all, do you anticipate needing to access this residual data?
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Jason Cai > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 10:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Inquiry about Installing Hercules on LinuxONE > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > Our organization's z mainframe has reached the end of its hardware service > life > and is no longer capable of running z/OS. However, we have a LinuxONE > machine that remains operational. > > We possess historical data backups from our z/OS environment that we need > to access. To address this, we are considering the installation of the > Hercules > emulator on our zLinux environment. Our goal is to utilize Hercules to emulate > the z/OS necessary to access our backup data sometime. > > Could you please advise on the feasibility of this approach? Specifically, we > are > interested in understanding: > > 1. The compatibility of Hercules with zLinux on a LinuxONE machine. > 2. Any known limitations or considerations we should be aware of when using > Hercules for this purpose. > 3. The steps required to set up Hercules in a zLinux environment to access > z/OS > backup data. > > Your expertise and guidance on this matter would be greatly appreciated. We > are eager to find a solution that allows us to utilize our existing resources > effectively while ensuring the integrity and accessibility of our historical > data. > > Thank you very much for your time and assistance. > > Best regards, > Jason Cai > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
