We have a hard and fast policy of not IPLing the IFL more than once in any calendar quarter, and only then if we have something to change or fix. The servers themselves may be rebooted if there is a need from the customer. We've had linux servers (SLES8) running on VM (z/VM 4.4) for as much as six months at a time with no problems.
Just like that bunny -- it keeps going and going... So one elephant says to another, "You'll never believe what happened last night. I was trying on Groucho Marx's pajamas--and he shot me!" Gordon Wolfe, Ph.D. (425)865-5940 VM Technical Services, The Boeing Company > ---------- > From: Levy, Alan > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Friday, September 3, 2004 10:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Recycling servers ? > > <<File: image001.jpg>> > > > I currently have a few linux servers running in production (ZVM 4.4) > with heavy usage. Our IFL is only IPL'd once every few months. Would it > be advisable to recycle the whole machine (and all linux servers running > under VM) more than that ? I was told that linux servers have to be > rebooted periodically to clear out buffers, cache, storage, etc. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
