We were asked IBM to do downgrade the activation done by mistake and activate TEST CBU. During this exercise do we need a downtime or it can be done when the system load is at minimum ?
On Mon, 6 Dec, 2021, 7:16 pm Pommier, Rex, <rpomm...@sfgmembers.com> wrote: > Right, but if you have a CBU you are probably doing your own DR and not > relying on a DR company like Sungard. It'll still probably get expensive, > but at least you aren't reliant on the good will of some other company > allowing you to keep using their hardware. > > Rex > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Attila Fogarasi > Sent: Sunday, December 5, 2021 3:13 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: CBU HMC activation - switching back > > Chernobyl took out a couple of datacenters, so 35 years DR is the current > record :) DR contract duration is a pricing decision, most can be extended > indefinitely but get very expensive (and they have a "cause majeure" clause > which allows DR site to dump you under some circumstances). Typical > contracts are for 30 and 90 days, some cultural variation by country. It > comes down to cost and a bigger factor is often the DR test terms. > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 3:27 AM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > > > Even if it takes more than 90 days after, e.g., an earthquake, a fire, > > a flood, a hurricane, the data center will eventually be back on the air. > > > > BTW, how long does the typical DR contract allow you to stay, assuming > > that you don't own it? > > > > > > -- > > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mason.gmu.edu/*smetz3__;fg!!KjMRP1I > > xj6eLE0Fj!_xm2rlWIPLCeZJQ5EnCRBNOgk0YgfGrtviXlzNy1LNpNEU7aHrpc20ihFr7F > > VMNXMg$ > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on > > behalf of Roger Lowe [roger_l...@bigpond.com] > > Sent: Saturday, December 4, 2021 10:06 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: CBU HMC activation - switching back > > > > On Sun, 5 Dec 2021 00:46:34 +0000, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> > wrote: > > > > >Isn't a real DR usually temporary? > > > > > > > > >-- > > >Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > > >https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mason.gmu.edu/*smetz3__;fg!!KjMRP1 > > >Ixj6eLE0Fj!_xm2rlWIPLCeZJQ5EnCRBNOgk0YgfGrtviXlzNy1LNpNEU7aHrpc20ihFr > > >7FVMNXMg$ > > > > > CBU Test last only for 10 days whereas a CBU for an actual DR can last > > for up to 90 days... > > > > Roger > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from > disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is > not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for > delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action > omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If > you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately > by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, > whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
