The crux of this question involves a 'version change', i.e. from V1 to V2. In general, not just for z/OS, IBM allows two versions to coexist for a period of time without charging separately. This period is normally one year, but in the case of z/OS V1 --> V2, an extra year has been granted in general to all customers. Meanwhile, the price for V1 has been adjusted to match that of V2, so there is no longer a financial incentive to remain down level. Once V2 is installed, the two-year clock starts ticking.
Note that this rule is not about CECs or LPARs. It's about a customer account. If a customer is licensed for and installs V2, V1 needs to disappear altogether from the enterprise within two years. Note: this a customer's view of the world, not an official IBM pronouncement. . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 8:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: z/OS pricing question Maybe this is a question that is too complex for a listserve answer. Does IBM price each version of z/OS separately on a single box? In other words, does it generally cost more in IBM license charges to run V1R13 on one LPAR and V2R1 on the others (on the same footprint) than it would to run V2R1 on all? Charles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
