Hello Crispin, I agree. Thanks for all your info and knowledge.
Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-588-4723 ext 40441 From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Crispin Hugo Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 4:13 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DS6800 concurrent microcode updates THE sea.jar IS THE ONLY ONE WHERE you need to have system down. That means about 1.5 hours out. As each processor is updated seperatly , then the power failure scenario does not occur. I suggest that for the first time, you get everybody off BUT don't shut system and see what happens. Just have bare VM and VSE running. Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 <http://www.macro4.com/> Macro 4 plc, The Orangery, Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, RH10 4SS Direct Line: +44 (0)1293 872121 Switchboard: +44 (0) 1293 872000 Fax: +44 (0) 1293 872001 This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation, offer or acceptance of any offer. -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Edward M Martin Sent: 23 January 2009 21:09 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DS6800 concurrent microcode updates Hello Crispin Hugo, Mace (Larry Macioce), and Tom Duerbusch, Thank you for the info. I am on both z/VM 5.3 and z/VSE 4.1.2. I tried to wire the two racks to all have a path if we lost Full connection. It is the two hours that worry me. I get Tuesday nights here at the Hospital. And as long it works. So what is your backup plan? What happens if you get a power failure in the middle of the update? Yea, I know UPS but I have to plan for worst case. Say in your best Germany accent 'WE WILL NOT FAIL!' (sorry Martin) Crispin, you have indicated the 3 updates. I see the SEA.JAR that I believe will update the microcode in the DS6800, I see the DS6800STorageManager_WIN_5.2.200.1678.zip (for the Windows version of Storage Manager), and DSCLI_5.2.2.411.tar.gz and DSCLI_5.2.2.411.zip which I thought was the Data Storage Command Line interface. Are these the three that you updates you are talking about? Because it would be ok to get the SEA.JAR done and the do the Windows Storage Manager as the system runs. Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-588-4723 ext 40441 From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Crispin Hugo Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 3:32 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DS6800 concurrent microcode updates Our experience with VM and Z/os is that they may not survive. It appears to me to that it drops the second connection too soon after the first one is put back online. We always close system down. With our system it takes about 2 hours to do all three software updates Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 <http://www.macro4.com/> ____________________ ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security Service and the Macro 4 plc internal virus protection system. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security Service and the Macro 4 plc internal virus protection system. ________________________________________________________________________
