On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 15:40:29 -0700, Tom Brennan <[email protected]> wrote:
>Start imitating the installation methods on Windows/Apple/Android. ROTFLOL. You should have had this discussion 10 days ago before Microsoft maintenance screwed the pooch AGAIN! I fantasized about an SMP/e for MS Windows. The timing is ironic. We're on Day 11 of this patch corrupting SSDs, crashing systems and impacting SSD performance. Remove the patch you say but do this at your own peril because some users are reporting it crashes in the middle of the restore. Surely MS is helping but they remain eerily silent without giving us status updates, guidance or recommendations. Symptoms and workarounds are speculation by users. It's day 11 and I've left the patch installed, paused updates to avoid a fix that may be worse than the original problem and avoiding the activities that people speculate as being the cause. Chatgpt can tell you about the SSD problem: https://chatgpt.com/share/68aac2d2-cfe4-8004-a3db-9754ee42419d May I remind you this is not the first time patches have gone wrong. If this were SMP/e processes, a series of actions would have occurred on day 1, the most important being the hiper notification. Sure, let's take expert advice from Microsoft because they are far more skilled at system maintenance. >Anybody can do installs on those platforms. Incorrect. Anyone can install and update "applications". System maintenance is through a completely different process where you have little to no control. >If we did the same thing with z/OS products there's no need for SMP/E on the >user side. People no longer understand SMP/e. It's more than just a tool. People don't understand the processes are just as important. We've come full circle back to the days before SMP. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
