RE: Changing System Name

When I first started here, we had an E80 named Goliath and a B45 named
David. At some point we brought in a third AS/400 (F25) from a company we
had bought out. After a short but enthusiastic voting process the F25 was
re-christened TheRock (as in David slew Goliath with...). Eventually, our
development systems were moved to the F25 and the B45 was retired.
In '96, we moved to two RISC boxes, a 530 and 50S, which retained our
system names of Goliath and TheRock. Of course when it came time to
configure the 50S's FSIOP as a LAN adapter, it's name became Gravel... <g>

Jeff

Jeff Velten, Operations Analyst
The AT-A-GLANCE Group - http://www.at-a-glance.com
Phone: (607) 563-9411 x679
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We have two AS/400s in our shop one named Bilbo and one named Frodo (as in
Baggins). I know someone else who named their 400 Kramer (as in Cosmo), and
yet another who had their 38 named poobear. I think naming the machines
with
a "friendly" name helps the users relate to them much better than
"S1102003", not to mention the friendly names are much easier to say. The
only problem is that you must have a management that has a sense of humor.
Some people don't like hearing their 1/2 million dollars referred to as
"Mars".
-Walden



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