Re: Reclaiming Storage...Re-booting Regularly

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First, I am all in favor of a regular IPL.  But, hasn't it been said that
the hardest thing on a computer is stopping it, and starting it?  If you
are under maintenance, and you do your IPL's at off times, it shouldn't be
a major concern.

Rob Berendt
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Good point to remember. And it reminded me that I used to see both DASD
and power problems highlighted when we'd use PWRDWNSYS RESTART(*NO).
Actually shutting down and then physically restarting would sometimes make
problems visible. I recall the old 9332s being notorious for failures
under that scenario. Power regulators seemed more susceptible also.

Obviously this isn't done without a schedule, just in case.

Tom Liotta

midrange-l-request@midrange.com wrote:

>I didn't see this mentioned, but an IPL will do a very complete
>hardware check that simply doesn't occur in the normal course of
>events. While not a "show stopper", I think it helps from time
>to time to root out "possible hardware problems".
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>Rick Rayburn wrote:
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>> So no need to re-IPL? Must be some good, right?

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