Actually, Hercules does implement TXF, at least in versions 4.6 and later. To answer Jason's question, Hercules on LinuxONE would technically be able to do this. However, I would strongly caution that there are significant licensing issues involved in running any licensed program product on Hercules, on LinuxONE or otherwise. I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. You need to get your corporate counsel involved in this question ASAP. In the meantime, I would recommend looking into facilities to extract the historical data from the form it's in and put it into a form accessible by your other systems.
On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 1:11 PM Mike Schwab < [email protected]> wrote: > Transactional execution facility instructions have not been implemented. > > Has your z/OS machine stopped working or the current z/OS can't be > upgraded due to hardware requirements? > > > https://www.ibm.com/docs/bg/zos/2.4.0?topic=guide-transactional-execution > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 12:58 PM Jason Cai <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Our organization's z mainframe has reached the end of its hardware > service life and is no longer capable of running z/OS. However, we have a > LinuxONE machine that remains operational. > > > > We possess historical data backups from our z/OS environment that we > need to access. To address this, we are considering the installation of the > Hercules emulator on our zLinux environment. Our goal is to utilize > Hercules to emulate the z/OS necessary to access our backup data sometime. > > > > Could you please advise on the feasibility of this approach? > Specifically, we are interested in understanding: > > > > 1. The compatibility of Hercules with zLinux on a LinuxONE machine. > > 2. Any known limitations or considerations we should be aware of when > using Hercules for this purpose. > > 3. The steps required to set up Hercules in a zLinux environment to > access z/OS backup data. > > > > Your expertise and guidance on this matter would be greatly appreciated. > We are eager to find a solution that allows us to utilize our existing > resources effectively while ensuring the integrity and accessibility of our > historical data. > > > > Thank you very much for your time and assistance. > > > > Best regards, > > Jason Cai > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
