I respectfully disagree. Upgrading when it's not necessary can be counter-productive for some sites. While many vendor products do require some maintenance to "fully" function, especially those that interact directly with the OS, that doesn't mean that older versions won't work, and in fact, some "newer" products might no longer operate the way the site needs or wants. That doesn't mean that the OP should do something stupid, but they don't have to feel that they need to look at their task as if it's a huge project either.
I respect your expertise, but when it comes to migrations, I have performed, and still perform several at a time from some pretty old releases to the current ones, and having just this past year upgraded 5 sites from z/OS 1.12 and several older releases to z/OS 2.3 (and in one case 2.2), I can tell you that while it's ALWAYS a good idea to apply AVAILABLE maintenance, there is no reason to worry that something will not work at all just because you don't have the latest copy/version. In most cases, that just isn't a problem. No one said that they should not upgrade as they go, but doing it all at the same time is not always the smartest thing to do. Brian On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:20:07 -0800, Ed Jaffe <[email protected]> wrote: >On 1/9/2019 11:05 PM, Brian Westerman wrote: >> Most, if not all, of the installed (vendor) software at 1.12 will work >> perfectly fine at 2.3. > >Don't know about most, but ALL seems highly unlikely. > >I can state with certainty that *every one* of the z/OS-based products >we run here from other ISVs would need to be upgraded (or at least have >all service applied if still supported) as would several of our own. > >My recommendation, especially for shops with a tendency to fall way >behind like this one has, is to bite the bullet and upgrade to the >"latest and greatest" release of everything possible whenever the >opportunity presents itself. Running old, unsupported code on a new >operating system is just asking for trouble. And, who knows how long it >might be before you get another chance to upgrade? > >-- >Phoenix Software International >Edward E. Jaffe >831 Parkview Drive North >El Segundo, CA 90245 >https://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This e-mail message, including any attachments, appended messages and the >information contained therein, is for the sole use of the intended >recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient or have otherwise >received this email message in error, any use, dissemination, distribution, >review, storage or copying of this e-mail message and the information >contained therein is strictly prohibited. If you are not an intended >recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies >of this email message and do not otherwise utilize or retain this email >message or any or all of the information contained therein. Although this >email message and any attachments or appended messages are believed to be >free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into >which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient >to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by the >sender for any loss or damage arising in any way from its opening or use. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
