Yes, FICON is sharable just like ESCON. I have shared DASD FICON channels between my two z/OS systems. I don't run z/VM or z/Linux anymore (never mind why - I get "nasty").
-- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of zSeries Linux > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 11:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: FW: FICON / FCP Question > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > From: ADAMS Steven > > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:37:47 AM > > Subject: FICON / FCP Question > > Auto forwarded by a Rule > > > Hey All, > We're doing some hardware spec'ing and will be installing > FICON adapters > in our 890 and 990. My question is this: Are these adapters > (and ports) > sharable between LPARs? Once in VM they should be sharable between > guests, correct? We plan on moving DASD and native tape to > emulated SCSI > in Linux. > > Pretty simple question eh... If someone can shoot me links to any > related doc's out of IBM I'd really appreciate it. > > Thanks in advance, > > Steve > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
