Out of curiosity why Driver update takes time .. What happens internally and what are set of action takes (apologies for my ignorance)
On Wed, 18 Dec, 2019, 5:42 PM Allan Staller, <allan.stal...@hcl.com> wrote: > I can believe Driver MCLs can take a long time on the support element. > I do not agree with the HMC updated. I have never seen a HMC upgrade take > more than a couple of hours. > > My $0.02 USD worth. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Jake Anderson > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 7:08 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: SE/HMC driver update duration > > We have one CEC plus one SE and HMC. > > Updating from 32 to 36. > > On Wed, 18 Dec, 2019, 3:11 PM Jousma, David, < > 000001a0403c5dc1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > I don’t know that a couple days are accurate, unless the CE just doesn’t > > want to work more than 8 hours. I will tell you though that it was a > > lengthy process. Probably 8-10 hours if I remember right when we made > > that jump a year or so ago. We normally allot 5-6 hours of time for IBM > > to complete before our maintenance window, and in this particular > > case, we almost blew through our window of work because the updates > > ran so long. WE now schedule a 12 hour window for IBM to do their > > work just because of this. My team mate, might see this post and > > offer up a bit more information. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________ > > Dave Jousma > > AVP | Manager, Systems Engineering > > > > Fifth Third Bank | 1830 East Paris Ave, SE | MD RSCB2H | Grand > > Rapids, MI 49546 > > 616.653.8429 | fax: 616.653.2717 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > > Behalf Of Jake Anderson > > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 3:24 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: SE/HMC driver update duration > > > > **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** > > > > **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or > > unexpected emails** > > > > Hello > > > > We are updating our HMC/SE driver level. Our CE says the update takes > > 2 days to complete. > > > > I am trying to understand what are the factors which delays or takes > > time to complete the process. > > > > Regards > > Jake > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** > > > > **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or > > unexpected emails** > > > > This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and > may > > be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If > > you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or > > disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, > > any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this > > information is prohibited. 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