FW: 170 v4r3 shutdown on 31st?

> Deb:
> 
> A few weeks ago, the IBM guy was in our office to install our new AS/400.
> While he was there, I asked him what customers are doing at Dec 31 and he
> said many are powering off their systems. However, he also said that this
> is not IBMs recommendation. IBM is recommending that customers not power
> off - the problem is apparently (as Al Barsa mentioned) that disk drives
> that never shut down and then are shut down, may be tempted to not start
> up again on New Years Day. If very worried, he said that they suggest the
> customer could put the system in a restricted state instead of powering
> off.
> 
> Debbie Gallagher
> dgallagher@deloitte.ca
> 
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> Original Message
> ---------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 08:32:24 -0500
> From: "Turner, Deb" <turnerd@bluffton.edu>
> Subject: 170 v4r3 shutdown on 31st?
> 
> I was told once to shut down the 170 on the 31st and bring it back up on
> the
> 1st.  Has anyone else heard that?  My reaction is it should not be
> necessary.
> 
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