On Tuesday, 05/28/2013 at 06:29 EDT, Shane G <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Why? Some of my IBM brethren are more knowledgeable on this subject than I, but I believe that as long as you license z/OS & Friends on a subcapacity basis, you won't have any bruises (that show), since you must run SCRT on all z/OS instances, including z/VM guests. The z/OS guests will report capacity that accounts for the guest's SHARE values. If you don't have sub-cap pricing, all bets are off. (Also making the point that running z/OS on z/VM, whether production or test, isn't free. I've run into a few people over the years who thought otherwise....) Alan Altmark Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 [email protected] IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
