Works fine for us. RSCS on production VM talks to RSCS on IFL VM via real ESCON CTCA.
"You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice." -Motto of the Darwin Society Gordon W. Wolfe, Ph.D. (425) 865-5940 VM Technical Services, The Boeing Company > ---------- > From: Davis, Lawrence > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 11:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: CMS Users under z800 OLF > > What if I want to connect My Production VM and IFL VM together with RSCS. > Is > that going to be allowed. > > Larry Davis, \|/ > Nielsen Media Research (. .) > VM Systems Programmer ___ooO-(_)-Ooo___ > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Altmark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 14:08 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: CMS Users under z800 OLF > > > On Thursday, 04/18/2002 at 07:24 EST, "Ross, Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I understand that a z800 OLF is designed to run Linux, and no other > guest > > operating system. But can you define non-guest CMS users as you could > in > > any other zVM environment, or is that precluded as well under z800 OLF? > > Kelly, you can run CMS applications on IFL engines as long as they use > only components which are included with z/VM or for which you have a > separate IPLA license. > > This means, for example, that > - you MAY NOT compile a C application (no IPLA license) > - you MAY run a application (LE is included with z/VM) > - you MAY NOT use the NJE/RJE/SNA functions of RSCS (no IPLA license) > - you MAY use the IP printing (LPR/LPD) and UFT functions of RSCS because > they are part of the base license (don't have to enable RSCS) > - you MAY use TSM (ADSM) server (IPLA license is available) > - you MAY use DirMaint, Performance Reporting Facility, or RealTime > Monitor (IPLA licenses are available) > - you MAY NOT run VTAM (no IPLA license), therefore no VTAM applications > such as AVS. > > Get the idea? These controls are not physical, they are contractual. > > IBM software licensed under the IBM Customer Agreement (ICA) is priced > based on processor Model Group designation or MSUs. IFL engines do not > have a model group designation and are not assigned MSUs, so products > licensed under the ICA cannot be licensed to IFLs. Consider that on > sub-capacity uniprocessors such as the Multiprise 3000 model H30, an IFL > engine runs at full speed...the MG designation is irrelevant. > > If there are other IBM products you want to run on IFL and there are > reasonable arguments that it is in support of Linux/390 workloads, then, > as in all cases where you have questions/concerns about the Terms and > Conditions, contact your IBM Business Parter or IBM sales rep to request > IPLA licensing and we will consider it. > > For non-IBM products, contact the vendor to find out if you are licensed > to run their product on IFLs. > > Alan Altmark > Sr. Software Engineer > IBM z/VM Development > >
