[Default] On 3 Jan 2017 10:30:51 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main jesse1.robin...@sce.com (Jesse 1 Robinson) wrote:
>SHARE has been discussing online availability with IBM face-to-face for years, >long before 'KC' debuted. IBM has repeatedly said that they get it, yet >problems persist. > >One novel suggestion we made was to shift unavoidable IBM outages away from >weekends, when the vast majority of mainframe shops perform their own >maintenance activities. Our argument was that we most need online access when >we encounter a new problem on a Sunday at oh-dark-thirty. Again, that argument >seemed to resonate, yet problems persist. > >I don't know the status of any existing requirement(s) at the moment, but I'm >sure that IBM has never actually told us to pound sand. Yet problems persist. > If the cost for getting to a shareholder meeting weren't so great, I would be tempted to go and harass both IBM and Microsoft for their respective faults in handling software updates and fix information availability. Microsoft seems to understand implement 24/365.24 while IBM understands no forced install and reboots. Clark Morris >. >. >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 Clark Morris >Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2017 8:39 AM >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Subject: (External):Re: Knowledge Center > >[Default] On 28 Dec 2016 12:51:53 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main >imugz...@gmail.com (Itschak Mugzach) wrote: > >>and they don't like Sundays... (but we work on Sunday, trying to >>identify & solve weekend issues and it's usually down)... > >Someone who is an active SHARE member should submit a requirement that >Knowledge Center, Shopz and any maintenance/fix etc. applications must be >24/365.24, i.e. total availability like Microsoft has. > >Clark Morris >> >>ITschak >> >>ITschak Mugzach >>Z/OS, ISV Products and Application Security & Risk Assessments >>Professional >> >>On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 9:38 PM, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: >> >>> Seems to for me, I think. >>> >>> Charles >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] >>> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 11:25 AM >>> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >>> Subject: Knowledge Center >>> >>> Grrr... Every time I get used to the way it had been working, they >>> change it. >>> Very recently, the striped rectangle near the upper left opened a >>> left sidebar which listed, hierarchially, the ToC of the entire z/OS >>> library. >>> Now it doesn't. > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
