What put level of z/VM 5.4 is required to move it to the z10?
________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 11:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/VM 5.4 or 6.1 on new z10 Here, Here!! On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Alan Altmark <[email protected]> wrote: On Thursday, 08/26/2010 at 11:49 EDT, "Horlick, Michael" <[email protected]> wrote: > We are currently running z/VM 5.2 and have z/VM 5.4 under test in a second > level machine. We are pretty stable in our environment. > > There is a possibility within a year or so that we will be getting a z10. > > Should we go to 5.4 or 6.1? > > Are they any advantages in waiting for the new box and installing 6.1 on it > (bypassing 5.4)? If you wait, then you will be upgrading software and hardware at the same time. It's generally preferable to change only one of those at a time. Since z/VM 5.4 supports z10, I suggest you upgrade your existing machine to 5.4 and then slide your z10 in underneath later. THEN you can move up to 6.1 at your convenience with no loss of support. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems
