Not all .NET runs on Mono. Mono is reverse engineered and so may not implement everything 100% like Microsoft does. Also, it tends to "lag" .NET because it cannot implement the .NET functionality until after Microsoft has documented it. And, like IBM and z/OS, there may be some parts of .NET which are not publically documented but are used by those who can afford to license the information for a competitive advantage.
Well written (is there such?) C/C++ code could likely be ported to z/Linux. Of course, z/Linux and Solaris are different, so they speak a similar but different "language". Like a drunken Cockney talking to a drunken Texan, they both thing they're speaking English, but the meaning is likely to be quite different. Eh? -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Henke > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 6:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . . > > John, > > Thank you for the tip about MONO. > > It appears that with MONO, .NET applications can be run under > zLinux, zVM. > > This would be preferable to x86 zBx, because the CHPID, not > the IFL, does > the I/O, more bang for the buck. > > Why would I NOT port all .NET to zLinux instead of x86 zBx? > > If so, what does that leave to run on zBx x86, other than > some C/C++ code? > > > > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 2:39 PM, McKown, John > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Henke > > > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 1:02 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . . > > > > > > and the dinosaurs are very hungry. > > > > > > I need to migrate 50 Solaris servers to zLinux under z/VM on > > > a z114 and > > > about the same number of Windows servers to zBx. > > > > Congrats! > > > > > > > > Does anyone have experience with this, some ideas? > > > > Experience, no. Ideas, sure! Why not? <grin> > > > > > > > > Need a migration path. > > > > > > Some questions: > > > > > > Can z114 be upgraded to include zBx or must I upgrade to a > > > z196 for that? > > > > I am not sure. > > > > > Can zBx be SYSPLEXed between 2 CECs? > > > > No. a zBx can be attached to at most 1 CEC. > > > > > If not, how do I eliminate the SPF, how do I do failover > for the blade > > > servers? > > > > SPF? Single point of failure? You need to have multiple > z114s with and > > associated zBX. > > I think you'd do failover just like you would with any other "racked > > mounted" servers. > > If the rack fails, all the servers fail. So you need the > same techniques > > with a zBX "rack". > > I'm not a PC person, but I think this involves TCP > connections between a > > server and it's failover > > twin. > > > > > How do I convert Solaris to zLInux under z/VM? Solaris is > > > not supported by > > > zBx. > > > Must I recompile the applications running under Solaris to > > > run them under > > > zLinux? > > > > Yes, you must recompile. z/Linux runs on the z/Architecture > instruction > > set. Solaris runs on > > Intel or SPARC(?). You can't run Intel or SPARC instructions on a z. > > However there are two exceptions > > that I can think of which __may__ not need recompilation. > The first is > > Java code. The .jar and .class > > files should run on any compatible JVM, regardless of the underlying > > hardware architecture. Another > > possibility is .NET applications. They __might__ run on a > z/Linux using > > Mono. Again, because they > > don't run "native", but on an instruction emulator. Shell > scripts may need > > some changing. Perl, Python, Ruby > > and other intepreted language may need some changing, > depending on the > > levels of the intepreter > > on z/Linux versus the one on Solaris. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > George Henke > > > (C) 845 401 5614 > > > > I wish we were doing something like this. But we're z/OS only and IT > > management would like to go MS-Windows only. > > > > -- > > John McKown > > Systems Engineer IV > > IT > > > > Administrative Services Group > > > > HealthMarkets(r) > > > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > > (817) 255-3225 phone * > > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain > confidential or > > proprietary information. If you are not the intended > recipient, please > > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies > of the original > > message. 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