From scratch? The second COBOL program I ever wrote started with the first one as a model/skeleton. We seldom create from scratch if we can help it. I'd say what you're suggesting is very doable with one proviso: you need physical connection from the z12 to peripherals--at least DASD--and to the z14 if you're planning for a sysplex.
When installing the z14, did you provide all new cabling? If so, the z12 cabling may still be intact. That would be 90% of the battle. If you just swung cables from z12 to z14, then you have some physical work to do. And some money to spend. If it were my dog(s), I would not bother creating a new LPAR 'on the z14' and then 'moving' it. That would be throw-away work. Just create a new LPAR using the z14 as a tool but plan to IPL it only on the z12. Since there's nothing on z12 now, you can take your sweet time with little pressure. Pretty much out of sight. Also consider support costs. You may want/need hardware $upport for the z12. Also software licenses for the OS and any products you want to run there. Sadly, you may have a hard time justifying all this to the bean counters. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2018 1:46 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Clarification on using a hardware Hi We recently moved from zec12 to z14 and routers all connections ,storage, tapes to the new hardware. So as of now zec12 doesn't have any workload. So it will be just active for few months. Is it possible to build an LPAR from scratch using the new machine and move it to zec12 just for a practice and training purpose ? Regards Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
