>>> On 7/28/2009 at 6:03 PM, Graeme Moss <[email protected]> wrote: > We are licensed to run z/VM 5.x on our z9. I do not believe there is a > restriction that it must be the host system in a lpar thus running lpar -> > vm -> linux -> hercules -> vm is quite legal. I am trying to asertain should > I bother going to our procurment people to ask them to talk to IBM about > licensing z/VM 6.1 for the z9.
I would not make the assumption that it is legal, I would have your purchasing department check with IBM. The Terms and Condition that accompany any software need to be examined very carefully before doing something like this. Mark Post
