Lucas, I think Patrick already did that, or the equivalent. And he found (or would have found) that DB2 Version 8 for z/OS and z/OS Version 2.1 never overlapped in their support lifecycles. The former fell out of standard support in 2012, and the latter became generally available in 2013.
So he's looking for anecdotal reports whether that particular combination works, unsupported of course. I assume the concern is application compatibility and some problems getting applications ready/tested on a newer DB2 release. In that event, as a *temporary* workaround, I have a suggestion. DB2 Version 9 for z/OS and z/OS 2.1 did overlap in their support lifecycles -- that was a supported combination. You could run DB2 Version 9 in Conversion Mode until you can get your applications ready and tested, hopefully soon, quickly. That's assuming you're already running DB2 Version 8 in New Function Mode. DB2 Conversion Mode is designed as a "don't rock the boat" level of compatibility for applications. DB2 Version 9 is also out of support, so it doesn't help in that respect. But at least that combination was officially supported until June 27, 2014. DB2 9 also happens to be more efficient than DB2 8, so that's a plus. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM z Systems, AP/GCG/MEA E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
