IBM 2105 "Shark" decommissioning

2011-02-09 Thread McBride, Catherine
At long last we're taking down our IBM 2105. My question has to do with the fact that the 2105 shares a McData switch with another SAN, and that other SAN is live production. Powering down the 2105 and carefully removing the cables and electrical power source should have no negative effect on the

Re: IBM 2105 "Shark" decommissioning

2011-02-09 Thread Mike Schwab
If you have requirements for secure erasure, ICKDSF TRKFMT CYCLE(1) does 3 writes to each track, s, s, and 01010101s for 3 erasures. No problems with connecting or unconnecting any ESCON or FICON cables as each port is independent. On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 3:59 PM, McBride, Catherin

Re: IBM 2105 "Shark" decommissioning

2011-02-09 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 2/9/2011 4:09:45 P.M. Central Standard Time, cmcbr...@kable.com writes: power feeds are clearly marked, and we readily know which cables are the correct ones. Anything else we need to be concerned about? >> Murphy's pretty ingenious when it comes to switches. We d

Re: IBM 2105 "Shark" decommissioning

2011-02-10 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McBride, Catherine > > At long last we're taking down our IBM 2105. My question has to do with > the fact that the 2105 shares a McData switch with another SAN, and that > other SAN is live production. Powering down t

Re: IBM 2105 "Shark" decommissioning

2011-02-10 Thread McBride, Catherine
HOW TRUE! Thanks to all who took the time to reply -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 7:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: IBM 2105 "Shark" decom

Re: IBM 2105 "Shark" decommissioning

2011-02-10 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Chase, John wrote: >"Murphy's Law" has not yet been successfully repealed. . . . ;-D Anyone who is trying to repeal that Law is always subjected to that Law. ... thus your statement is true. Whew! ;-D Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht --

Re: IBM 2105 "Shark" decommissioning

2011-02-10 Thread Karl Huf
de, Catherine" > To: > Date: 02/09/2011 04:08 PM > Subject: IBM 2105 "Shark" decommissioning > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > At long last we're taking down our IBM 2105. My question has to do with > the fact that the 2105 shares a McData

Re: IBM 2105 "Shark" decommissioning

2011-02-10 Thread Karl Huf
P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 02/09/2011 03:59:20 PM: > From: "McBride, Catherine" > To: > Date: 02/09/2011 04:08 PM > Subject: IBM 2105 "Shark" decommissioning > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discuss

Re: IBM 2105 "Shark" decommissioning

2011-02-10 Thread McBride, Catherine
On Behalf Of Karl Huf Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 10:31 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: IBM 2105 "Shark" decommissioning OK, now that I've (kind of) caught up over on the VM list I see you already had disconnected the other ends of the cables from your mainframe(s).