is next to impossible and if they don't work we cannot go
> > through with the upgrade.
> > >
> > > Thanks to those that I have heard from that are running on older z/OS
> > versions with no problems ... that at least makes me a little more
> > comfortable
our or two to do some testing for us. Plus we
> have a couple of old applications that no one really knows how they work so
> testing them is next to impossible and if they don't work we cannot go
> through with the upgrade.
> >
> > Thanks to those that I have heard from
to those that I have heard from that are running on older z/OS versions
with no problems ... that at least makes me a little more comfortable not
keeping our system up to date.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems
Mutual of Enumclaw
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sting them is next to
impossible and if they don't work we cannot go through with the upgrade.
Thanks to those that I have heard from that are running on older z/OS versions
with no problems ... that at least makes me a little more comfortable not
keeping our system up to date.
Thanks,
Ron McCa
Are you moving off the mainframe?
Do you know exact date of mainframe shutdown?
Is the date guaranteed?
Who is the guarantor? Some team leader, project manager, external
contractor? Is it CIO?
Do you have it on paper? Is it clearly communicated?
I bet NO.
So I bet few years later there will be
There is nothing wrong with staying at 2.2. Of the sites that we support,
several of them (11 out of 130) are running at or below z/OS 2.2. 3 of them
are running z/OS 1.8 and one is still running z/OS 1.4, those sites all plan to
deinstall "some day" and felt no real reason to upgrade. They
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Mike
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Depends on if you have an entity that requires you to run supported releases
such as PCI. Also you can get extended service from IBM past end of support
dates for a price.
Dana
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wrote:
>Hello IBM List,
>
>Got a question about how you feel about
have support for the
targets.
Which proved wise. IBM DFRMM support in particular was quite helpful.
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Wells
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Just curios--going to what
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Hello IBM List,
Got a question about how you feel
Hello IBM List,
Got a question about how you feel about running on an unsupported z/OS version.
Just about like everyone else our company is moving off the mainframe ...
after several failed attempts I do believe they have something that will work
this time and I'm OK with it because if they
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