On 10 Mar 2012 00:51:45 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Ron MacRae writes: >>I've got a REXX exec that sets up an IPCS environment for z/OS levels >>other than my current release.... With this REXX exec I can select a >>version of IPCS modules/panels/.... for every release of z/OS from 2.10 >>up to 1.13. > >Bearing in mind that I do not speak for IBM, I'd like to caution you on >something here. It's one critically important distinction between what's >technically possible and what's actually permissible, at least financially >speaking. > >The "2.10" you mention is not z/OS, it's OS/390 (V2R10). That's a different >product, also licensed. > >As background, when IBM introduced z/OS almost 12 years ago IBM also >introduced sub-capacity licensing for z/OS and for practically all IBM >software products for z/OS, including CICS, IMS, DB2, MQ, and many others. >However, there are a very few prerequisites that customers are required to >implement before enjoying sub-capacity licensing. One highly relevant and >very well publicized requirement is that you must stop running all OS/390 >on your machine(s). That was (and is) part of the deal. > >OK, by now you see the potential problem. If you're running OS/390 V2R10's >IPCS, you haven't stopped running OS/390 on your machine. Which means you >wouldn't be eligible for sub-capacity licensing.
If I am using IPCS 2.10 under z/OS to read dumps submitted from another location, am I running OS390? I assume that modules compiled and linked with system routines from that or prior eras don't violate T&C. Clark Morris > >Be very, very careful here, folks. There are only a few simple rules. >Follow them, please. > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Timothy Sipples >Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) >E-Mail: [email protected] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
