Oracle on z/OS [was: Convert DB2 on z/OS to UDB on z/Linux]

2009-09-08 Thread Bill Manry
On 1 Sep 2009 22:51:02 -0700, ds...@hotmail.com (Dave Salt) wrote: A while ago I mentioned on this forum that a friend of mine works for a company that is considering a conversion from DB2 on z/OS to Oracle on z/Linux. I asked if anyone had any opinions on this, and Frank Swarbrick pointed out

Re: Oracle on z/OS [was: Convert DB2 on z/OS to UDB on z/Linux]

2009-09-08 Thread Dave Salt
Hi Bill, Thanks for the info. I understand that OAM will continue to be supported, but not enhanced. If a new feature of the Oracle database requires an update to the OAM, it means applications running on z/OS would not be able to use the new Oracle feature. Is that correct? If so, it's hard

Re: Oracle on z/OS [was: Convert DB2 on z/OS to UDB on z/Linux]

2009-09-08 Thread Bill Manry
On 8 Sep 2009 12:37:11 -0700, ds...@hotmail.com (Dave Salt) wrote: Hi Bill, Thanks for the info. I understand that OAM will continue to be supported, but not enhanced. If a new feature of the Oracle database requires an update to the OAM, it means applications running on z/OS would not be able

Re: Oracle on z/OS [was: Convert DB2 on z/OS to UDB on z/Linux]

2009-09-08 Thread Frank Swarbrick
I may be misremembering, but when we talked to Oracle about what would and would not be supported I seem to recall that there was no guaruntee that Oracle would support even connecting the z/OS Oracle 10.2 client to more than one version up. In other words, connecting to a version 11 server is