> If a back-port of the IBM Unit Record driver works its way into SLES or > RHEL then I would guess you can just stream the data into a RDR without > any need for NJE under Linux. > All that would be required is that the setup between z/OS and z/VM were > made, and that z/VM then queues the output to the correct Linux Guest's > RDR for processing.
That would work if the Linux and z/OS systems were within the same VM instance. You'd need RSCS if they aren't, and then you're back to NJE - the question then is whether you do it directly in the Linux guest or via RSCS. If you go the VM spool route, you'd also need to teach JES to play nice in terms of closing output files, etc, which would mean a local exit and somebody having to maintain same. There are some good arguments for doing the NJE processing directly in the Linux guest if you're dealing with personal information (no chance for it to be intercepted in the VM spooling area). (VSE is so much better behaved as a VM guest. Would it really be such a big deal to add VM UR device support to z/OS permanently? *sigh*) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
