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WHS doesn't use WOL. It creates a wake timer on the client...

-----Original Message----- From: John Jones
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 11:26 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: The i and DHCP

Your backup system should be able to issue wake-on-LAN requests to wake up
a PC, back it up, then let it go back to sleep. Even my Windows Home
Server which is based on Windows Server 2003 can do that.

You may also find that performance problem being not only backup running
but the periodic full system AV scan running at the same time. A non-SSD
can't keep up.

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 9:59 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We tell all people to leave their desktop's on 24x7. We use TSM to back
them up at times of least usage. And it can't back all clients up at the
same time so it staggers around. One problem with laptops is that people
tend to take them home. "Why does my performance suddenly suck?" Reply:
Backup just kicked in. Fixing that with Remote Desktop.


Rob Berendt
--
IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
Group Dekko
Dept 1600
Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive
Garrett, IN 46738
Ship to: Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com





From: John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 10/04/2012 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: The i and DHCP
Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Unless the DHCP server is misconfigured. The norm is to auto-renew an
address' lease. Say the lease time is 24 hours. When the 24 hours is up,
does the address lease expire (causing a new address to be assigned) or
does it auto-renew for another lease period (another 24 hours)? I've
never
seen an environment where the lease doesn't auto-renew.

Tell the network person to pay the electric bill if they thinks its
reasonable to leave devices on 24/7.

One other thought: Are the PCs built from an image? If so, are they
being
set up with identical MAC addresses? To track which machines have what IP
addresses the DHCP server maps IPs to MAC addresses so duplicate MACs
might
cause random issues with DHCP services.


On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 9:30 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What we're saying is that we don't suspect it's the DHCP timeout.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
> --
> IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
> Group Dekko
> Dept 1600
> Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive
> Garrett, IN 46738
> Ship to: Dock 108
> 6928N 400E
> Kendallville, IN 46755
> http://www.dekko.com
>
>
>
>
>
> From: John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Date: 10/04/2012 10:16 AM
> Subject: Re: The i and DHCP
> Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> Wireless laptops exist here. However, most of the computers I have
> dealt with are still wired. Our network person has decreed that all
> computers be left on at all times. What I could guess is that a new
> DHCP lease could get assigned at 8:20 AM, while somebody was connected
> to the i and working well from 7:50AM. Suddenly, a dead connection.
> This morning alone, there have been three. User can't reconnect, as
> that session is "in use" all because the IP address changed. End the
> orphan job, potentially reset the device, and all is well.
>
> Guess what I am wondering is how other systems handle this so that
> users are unaware of the IP address switch, and if the i has a way to
> deal with this. We are terminal at v5r4.
>
> John McKee
>
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 8:57 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > All of our clients use DHCP. I did
> > WRKACTJOB SBS(QINTER) SEQ(*NUMBER)
> >
> > Here's a couple of jobs
> > Entered system:
> > Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 09/22/12
> > Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 03:39:00
> > Entered system:
> > Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 09/28/12
> > Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 07:49:02
> > Entered system:
> > Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 10/01/12
> > Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 05:41:15
> >
> > You sure they aren't using wireless laptops and roaming through dead
> spots
> > or something?
> >
> >
> >
> > Rob Berendt
> > --
> > IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
> > Group Dekko
> > Dept 1600
> > Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive
> > Garrett, IN 46738
> > Ship to: Dock 108
> > 6928N 400E
> > Kendallville, IN 46755
> > http://www.dekko.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > Date: 10/04/2012 09:42 AM
> > Subject: The i and DHCP
> > Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
> > I haven't checked the countdown clock this morning. Probably 28 days
> > left. So, this isn't critical.
> >
> > Corporate mandated switching from static addressing to DHCP. We get
> > random calls where a 5250 session cannot sign on or just quits
> > working. The corporate help desk has decided that if they receive two
> > such calls, then the i just HAS to be down - despite the fact that we
> > have several hundred attached and functioning workstations.
> >
> > Anyway, here is my question: If a DHCP connection is established with
> > the i, and then the lease on the workstation IP address expires, and a
> > different IP address is subsequently assigned to the workstation
> > (sorry for the wordiness). is there any way that the i can determine
> > that address for that session has changed and do something about it?
> >
> > I know the device description has the IP in it when a connection is
> > established. But, what happens when that address changes?
> >
> >
> > BTW, when corporate office sends out a bogus "system down" task, they
> > are done - task has been assigned. We get the heat for taking "too
> > long" to resolve the issue.
> >
> > John McKee
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