I wonder how much I lose, or overhead gained, by having the other LPAR being a "gateway" for the 2nd level to the first level resources.
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Rob van der Heij <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 3:24 PM, John P. Hartmann <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It has to be a real CTC where one end is attached to the virtual > > machine and the other end is activated to CP. > > Right. Experience shows that a lot of experts will insist that this is > "invalid" in the IOCP configuration. It isn't, but rather shows their > MVS sysplex background where you don't do this (and maybe their IOGEN > / HCD flags them as suspicious). But it does not make you go blind nor > does it grow hair on your hands... ;-) > > When you have them between systems / LPARs then it's a moot point > because you invested in the two CHPIDs already. But for shops with > just one z/VM image and a guest, it's a pity CP does not connect to > virtual CTCs. > > | Rob > -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems
