Don, I have (believe it or not) a Power 6 8203-E4A that I have to keep running because a programmer at my job uses it as a Domino sandbox @ V7R1.
There's no SWMA or HWMA on it so when things go like disk drives or cache batteries, 1 guess who has to fix them?
For disk drives, I go to Abacus Solutions. They always have those around.
For cache batteries, a tech from IBM showed me how to reset them when they error out every 3 years or so. I've reset them twice. I'm told it's not a good practice
but it is relatively easy.
First time it happened a few years back, IBM wanted $6000 for new Power 6 cache batteries. Of course, management was not happy and I used
the IBM tech's method and it worked nicely.
I know a guy who used to work at Abacus and knows his Power hardware for sure. He's now at Cumberland Group.
Joshus Osborne - contact him here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-osborne-704512160/
You can mention I sent you if you decide to look him up.
Respectfully,
Michael Mayer
IBM i on Power System Admin
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1. Cache Battery (Don Brown via MIDRANGE-L)
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date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:38:03 +1000
from: Don Brown via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Cache Battery
Hi all
I remember reading on this list someone said they purchased a battery from battery world or somewhere that they subsequently were able to use in an IBM Power system.
Just wondering if anyone remembers who that was and was the replacement a like for like or did they have to do some work meaning to attach the connector.
Any details would be appreciated.
Thanks
Don
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