And just for completeness, I have a customer happily running 5.4 on a z114.
I would go for 6.2 on the new box, but you'd have to think IBM would cane you something awful with licensing for running z/OS as guests. Needs must I suppose ... Shane ... On Tue, May 28th, 2013 at 8:09 PM, "Feller, Paul" wrote: > I can answer #3. Yes z/VM 5.4 will run on a z114. We are running it on a > z196 (big brother to z114), but we had to apply maintenance to z/VM 5.4. ... > Hi list > > Looking for the way forward. > > Have a Z9 with 1 CP and 5 IFL's. Have 4 X Z/VM 5.4 LPARS with various > versions of SUSE Linux running as guests and a Z/OS Prod and Test Lpar. > > Are installing a Z114 in a few weeks time and would like to upgrade to > Z/VM 6.2 also > > Questions. > > 1) Is it easier to move the Z/VM 5.4 Lpars over with the Suse Guest's and > then upgrade to Z/VM 6.2? Or should I install Z/VM 6.2 and then move the > guests (Will keep all of the device address's the same on the new > machine.) > > 2) According to IBM Z/OS 1.7 will not run natively in an LPAR on the Z114. > We need to run it under Z/VM as a guest. Has anyone run into this problem? > - Though I would create a separate Lpar with Z/VM and 2 X Z/OS guests > (Prod an Test) > > 3) Does Z/VM 5.4 run on a Z114? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
