Re: Recovery Problem

[Pat Barber <MBOCEANSIDE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil Palmer wrote:
> 
> Pat.  By now you've seen all the answers to your original question.
> How did the story turn out ?  Presumably they located a FULIC tape for
> their 9402/200 is a reasonable amount of time and have now restored ?
> 
Well,the long and gory story continues... Today being Wednesday.... Here
is a brief time line of events...

1. Monday 7:30   System crashed with dead load source
2. I got the call around 8:30
3. IBM was called 
4. CE shows up at 10:30(with NO disk drive)
5. CE determines that system is in fact dead and needs drive (11:45)
6. Leaves to get drive
7. Returns with drive at 1:45PM
8. Starts install
9. CE realizes at this point he needs LIC tape for V3R1 (2:30PM)
10 CE leaves to get a copy of LIC
11.CE returns with LIC and puts in on
12.We attempt to use SYSBAK tape... fails with mismatch LIC vs OS/400
13. I realize at this point, the CE(who has left) has installed wrong
    version of LIC(V3R2)
14. It is now 7:00PM (customer says he can't take anymore) we quit for
the day...

Tuesday.....CE is called back to reinstall LIC

1.CE shows up at 11:30AM with V3R1 LIC and does install
2.We attempt another reload with system backup 2:00PM
3.It fails(media error)NO more copies available
4.I decide that we MUST install V3R2 with SCRATCH install...
5.Called IBM and now need to reinstall V3R2 LIC 3:00 PM
6.CE calls and says current copy is in use at another account
7. I go into DEMO for another customer till 6:30PM
8. ANOTHER DAY ENDS

Wednesday..... 9:30AM 

1. CE shows up with V3R2 LIC...
2. WE will start scratch install in about an hour.....
3. Please consider prayer as day goes on.....
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