My understanding from talking with a level 2 manager at IBM, is that the original green screen applications (z/VM based) are still running. What has changed is the method of access.
Regardless of the residence of the applications, there exist (except possibly on Windows platforms) availability options to completely eliminate the need for 12 hour outages. It seems that IBM has *chosen* not to use these options... <snip> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Gilmore Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 8:47 AM The misjudgment consisted in choosing edge servers initially. This facility should have been implemented on a mainframe, where adequate availability is a given. Complaints about and expectations for the availability of the IBM-Support portal have always been unrealistic. They are extrapolations from the complainers' mainframe experience that are inappropriate to a different, much more fragile environment, one in which failures, reboots, and frequent 'quiescences' for maintenance are the norm. </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
