I'm sure I will be corrected, but isn't there an IFL just waiting to be activated in your z9? I'll bet that if you contact your local IBM'er, if you can find one, and tell them you want to do a proof of concept zLinux thing, they would be more than happy to turn on that IFL, loan you a copy of z/VM and Linux on zSeries for 30 days or so for little to no money at all.
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Driscoll Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 10:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Workload move from z/OS to z/Linux I realize that this isn't a place for submitting requirements, but here is something that could be useful for some customers who have zAAPs (or maybe even zIIPs) is if IBM would allow a zAAP (zIIP) only LPAR and have the processer be treated as an IFL for that LPAR. Why would this be useful? I currently have a z9 BC machine with 2 cp's and a zAAP. Due to my workload, the 2 CP's are running around 90% busy, while the zAAP is only running at about 20% utilization. Now my management wants to move workload to Linux. I want to show that Linux on system z is a viable option, but I can't try it out without either 1 - further impact the 2 heavily loaded cp's, or 2 - get 125K from management to get an IFL. However, if I could have share the zAAP with a new zAAP only LPAR, I could run Linux (either bare or under z/VM) on the currently underutilized zAAP. Management sees it is a good thing, then gets addition IFL's. IBM keeps the workload on z, so they (and their shareholders, of which I happen to be) both win. Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
