Ann, If you try to IPL any version of z/VM prior to z/VM 4 on an IFL, the processor will check stop on you. It's definitely not "just" a licensing issue, it's a real limitation put there by IBM so that they and the ISVs could feel "safe" in not counting the processing capability of an IFL towards the machine "group" size, and hence not increasing the group-based software charges.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Ann Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 1:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: z/VM 3 and IFL engines - Oh No! Alan Altmark posted that z/VM 3 can't run in IFL engines. This is not good news for us. We are currently running VM on a machine that can't run z/VM 4. We are looking at getting newer machine with an IFL engine. We wanted to do a Linux proof of concept on the new machine, on the IFL to isolate the linux workload. If z/VM 3 can't run on an IFL we'll have to upgrade VM - but after we get the new machine since our current machine can't run z/VM 4. So my question is can z/VM 3 really not run in an IFL, or is this another license issue? We already are pursuing RACF licensing and I now see we'll need a special bid for RSCS NJE and/or Passthru. Can the z/VM issue also be pursued as a licensing issue or is this one real?
