Just addlement in my old age. We had HPO5 running as a guest under the VM/XAs and under VM/ESA for a short while.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Huegel, Thomas > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 2:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Reliability of SFS? > > We tried FSF and it never worked .. it came in source code > and had to be assembled etc.. a real bear. Yes long live SFS! > > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Tom Duerbusch > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 4:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Reliability of SFS? > > > In VM/SP 5 there was a program product called FSF (File > Sharing Facility). We didn't buy it as I already had a bunch > of EXECs from VM/SP 3 which would link the minidisk in R/O > mode for accessing. When you Saved or Filed the member, it > would try to get the disk in R/W mode, do the save, then get > the disk in R/O mode and reaccess the disk. > > As soon as we got SP 6, all my execs went right out the > window. Long live SFS! > > Tom Duerbusch > THD Consulting > > >>> Kris Buelens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/29/2008 2:52 PM >>> > > I have been a contented user of SFS since the HPO5 days. > > Must have been a special customer then: SFS started with > VM/SP R6 for the normal mortals. > HPO 6 was only available as a special offering in Belgium > (but we got it for my customer). > -- > Kris Buelens, > IBM Belgium, VM customer support >
