Maybe you were trying to run in Sysplex mode. The z/VM (version 6.2) admin guide chapter 2 states specifically:
Chapter 2. z/VM overview z/VM provides a highly flexible test and production environment on the IBM System z platform. The z/VM implementation of IBM virtualization technology provides the capability to run full-function operating systems such as Linux on IBM System z, z/OS, z/VSE, z/TPF, and z/VM as “guests” of z/VM. z/VM supports 64-bit IBM z/Architecture ® guests and 31-bit IBM Enterprise Systems Architecture/390 (ESA/390) guests. I know for a fact that we can and have run all the way back to OS/390 2.7 as a guest under z/VM 5.2 and 6.1, and I don't think there is anything special about 6.2 that would change that support. I have run z/VM 6.2 with z/OS 1.4 on a z/114, and I'm not aware of any major differences between the z/114 and z/196 in this respect. I can't honestly tell you that we did it on a z/196, but that's only because we have not had a customer take that path yet, not because I don't think it can be done. Possibly whoever set up your z/VM or the guest did something wrong. Now, that said, if you wanted to take advantage of any of a whole slew of z/114 or z/196 hardware capabilities under z/VM (not just sysplex), then running under z/VM isn't going to magically make it available for you on your older z/OS release. It's virtual, not magic :). You have to take what IBM tells you is "supported" to be just that, they don't "support" it, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't work. However, I still think that doing a quick move to z/OS 1.12 or 13 is the best way for the original poster to go, but that's just my personal preference, and solely because it's quicker, faster and cheaper. Brian Westerman Syzygy Incorporated ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
