MP2003 w OS/390V1.3 to z890

tsmith9999999 wrote:

Hi Paul

You hit the nail right on the head. Yes the customer is on a MP2003 and looking for a way out. I don't know all the details other than I'm suppose to make a VM/XA run on a z890.

Thanks Paul


Terry L. Smith
Sr. Systems Programmer



--- In H390-VM@yahoogroups.com, "pfg504" <pfg504@...> wrote:
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> Hi there,
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> I seem to remember that with the z890 in LPAR mode a 31-bit XA/ESA machine could be set up. This option was removed on later machines. IBM released several transition pieces of hardware and software for the various environments.
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> For VM people, z/VM 3.1 supported both a 31-bit and 64-bit CP. Guests could still be either EC, XA/ESA or 64-bit. VSE and z/OS had similar versions. The z/800 and z/890 were the transition processors.
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> What machine is your customer running on now? MP2003? It might be worth to look at running a z/9 with z/vm 5 and the VM/XA as a guest. Oversize the box to handle the double virtualization and translations.
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> I have a customer moving from a MP2003-204 to a z/9 BC A01 machine and the purchase price, z/VM charges, power, A/C, maintenance, etc. make the costs pretty reasonable.
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> Migrating to a z/890 might put them in the same position in a year from now.
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> Paul
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> --- In H390-VM@yahoogroups.com, "tsmith9999999" <tsmith9876@> wrote:
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> > Hello all,
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> > It interesting to see the same names on this site too.
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> > Well my question, has anyone tried to run VM/XA or VM/ESA on a Z890? I have a customer in between hardware and software combinations now and looking for a tempory way out.
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> > Thanks all
> >
> > Terry L. Smith
> > Sr. Systems Programmer
> >
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