Re: cache batteries

Great plan Rob and I wish more folks were as proactive as you are. I agree with the get it done when the system can shut down, since there is a very high probability that a new battery would have to charge up anyway, and if it's changed on a live system, cache is down for that length of time. Will it hurt anything, no but it will really be slow for awhile. Better to shut down and be safe, after all your not running a finance system where it must be 100% available.

The problem we have in our area is the CEs won't swap a battery before it's time, so they don't tend to allow the preemptive swap out.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 9/4/2013 10:16 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I haven't failed them yet. Therefore no SRC. Here's the deal, I bring my
machines down once a quarter. And while it's true you can replace these
live most of the time, occasionally they swell and you have to bring the
machine down to do it. So I go into SST and check my cache batteries. (I
also go into iprconfig in Linux.) If any of them will go into warning
state in between my downtime coming up 9/13 and the next downtime 12/13,
then I'll replace them now. True, I may be replacing batteries that won't
even hit a warning state for 50+ days but I am NOT going to let them go
failed in between scheduled downtimes.


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: Roberto José Etcheverry Romero <yggdrasil.raiker@xxxxxxxxx> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Date: 09/04/2013 11:02 AM Subject: Re: cache batteries Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx I concur, the CE should be able to find the battery from the 575C8009 SRC and the 57B78009 SRC. In any case, googling the first part number throws 3 or 4 equivalents and that's before we get into compatible batteries from OEMs.... On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:54 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Perhaps it's this local CE but I'm having an issue with cache batteries.

I

> have a 575C card that needs a new cache battery. Hardware infocenter
> calls cache battery 39J5555. And a 57B7 that needs a new cache battery.
> Hardware infocenter calls cache battery 44V4145. CE says he can't find
> neither of the part numbers 39J5555 nor 44V4145. Says they are not

valid

> part numbers. How do I translate that for him?
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> Rob Berendt
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