> So, I suspect it was political decision whether to support z/990 and z9.
I think supporting the older processors this long was a marketing decision. Sooner or later they had to drop off and now they have. zVM V6 requires a z10 processor or higher, so it's somewhat surprising that z9s are still supported by z/OS 2.1. Bob Shannon Rocket Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

