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Hello

I've recently started a role in an organisation that recently purchased two P9 servers...we're running 7.3 on them both. Currently these servers are configured as Production and (in progress) DR.

We're investigating the possibility of utilising the DR machine as both a development and DR platform, operating within different partitions on the server.

Q1 - Is this an advisable solution?

Our main application is (still) largely System/36 based and requires the System/36 Environment to be operational - in our system we have a number of objects in the QS36F library (mostly data files) and were informed recently that because of this we're not able to partition our system into two separate environments.

Q2 - Is this correct?

Any assistance or advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards

Paul Archer

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Paul Archer
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I fail to understand that view point.

Hello

I've recently started a role in an organisation that recently purchased two P9 servers...we're running 7.3 on them both. Currently these servers are configured as Production and (in progress) DR.

We're investigating the possibility of utilising the DR machine as both a development and DR platform, operating within different partitions on the server.

Q1 - Is this an advisable solution?

Our main application is (still) largely System/36 based and requires the System/36 Environment to be operational - in our system we have a number of objects in the QS36F library (mostly data files) and were informed recently that because of this we're not able to partition our system into two separate environments.

Q2 - Is this correct?

Any assistance or advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards

Paul Archer

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Paul Archer
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I fail to understand that view point.

Hello

I've recently started a role in an organisation that recently purchased two P9 servers...we're running 7.3 on them both. Currently these servers are configured as Production and (in progress) DR.

We're investigating the possibility of utilising the DR machine as both a development and DR platform, operating within different partitions on the server.

Q1 - Is this an advisable solution?

Our main application is (still) largely System/36 based and requires the System/36 Environment to be operational - in our system we have a number of objects in the QS36F library (mostly data files) and were informed recently that because of this we're not able to partition our system into two separate environments.

Q2 - Is this correct?

Any assistance or advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards

Paul Archer

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Paul Archer
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Decades ago there was something else.  It wasn't S/36 environment but it was *M36.  It was basically all S/36 on an AS/400 (remember those?).  *M36 was dropped a long time ago.  Again, this is another potential spot for confusion if the person researching this got a bad Google hit.

I fail to understand that view point.

Hello

I've recently started a role in an organisation that recently purchased two P9 servers...we're running 7.3 on them both. Currently these servers are configured as Production and (in progress) DR.

We're investigating the possibility of utilising the DR machine as both a development and DR platform, operating within different partitions on the server.

Q1 - Is this an advisable solution?

Our main application is (still) largely System/36 based and requires the System/36 Environment to be operational - in our system we have a number of objects in the QS36F library (mostly data files) and were informed recently that because of this we're not able to partition our system into two separate environments.

Q2 - Is this correct?

Any assistance or advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards

Paul Archer

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Paul Archer
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I'm reading a link which refers to the *M36 being discontinued May 2000.  Kind of funny seeing all the people crying about it causing the demise of IBM.

https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200005/msg00168.html

Decades ago there was something else.  It wasn't S/36 environment but it was *M36.  It was basically all S/36 on an AS/400 (remember those?).  *M36 was dropped a long time ago.  Again, this is another potential spot for confusion if the person researching this got a bad Google hit.

I fail to understand that view point.

Hello

I've recently started a role in an organisation that recently purchased two P9 servers...we're running 7.3 on them both. Currently these servers are configured as Production and (in progress) DR.

We're investigating the possibility of utilising the DR machine as both a development and DR platform, operating within different partitions on the server.

Q1 - Is this an advisable solution?

Our main application is (still) largely System/36 based and requires the System/36 Environment to be operational - in our system we have a number of objects in the QS36F library (mostly data files) and were informed recently that because of this we're not able to partition our system into two separate environments.

Q2 - Is this correct?

Any assistance or advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards

Paul Archer

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Paul Archer
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Hello

I've recently started a role in an organisation that recently purchased two P9 servers...we're running 7.3 on them both. Currently these servers are configured as Production and (in progress) DR.

We're investigating the possibility of utilising the DR machine as both a development and DR platform, operating within different partitions on the server.

Q1 - Is this an advisable solution?

Our main application is (still) largely System/36 based and requires the System/36 Environment to be operational - in our system we have a number of objects in the QS36F library (mostly data files) and were informed recently that because of this we're not able to partition our system into two separate environments.

Q2 - Is this correct?

Any assistance or advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards

Paul Archer

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Paul Archer
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Hello

I've recently started a role in an organisation that recently purchased two P9 servers...we're running 7.3 on them both. Currently these servers are configured as Production and (in progress) DR.

We're investigating the possibility of utilising the DR machine as both a development and DR platform, operating within different partitions on the server.

Q1 - Is this an advisable solution?

Our main application is (still) largely System/36 based and requires the System/36 Environment to be operational - in our system we have a number of objects in the QS36F library (mostly data files) and were informed recently that because of this we're not able to partition our system into two separate environments.

Q2 - Is this correct?

Any assistance or advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards

Paul Archer

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Paul Archer
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Many years ago, I put 4 System 36s onto an AS/400 with System/36 code on it.  All 5 used the same programs but different data.  I created 4 different libraries for the data and used OCL with overrides depending on the user group (5 groups).  I also changed the authorities of all the files so there wouldn't be accidental use/update of the wrong files.  It all worked fine, but was an initial effort.  Maybe this will help.

Terry

Hello

I've recently started a role in an organisation that recently purchased two P9 servers...we're running 7.3 on them both. Currently these servers are configured as Production and (in progress) DR.

We're investigating the possibility of utilising the DR machine as both a development and DR platform, operating within different partitions on the server.

Q1 - Is this an advisable solution?

Our main application is (still) largely System/36 based and requires the System/36 Environment to be operational - in our system we have a number of objects in the QS36F library (mostly data files) and were informed recently that because of this we're not able to partition our system into two separate environments.

Q2 - Is this correct?

Any assistance or advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards

Paul Archer

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Paul Archer
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