Re: Version 4.4 IPL steps

["Mike Cunningham" <mcunning@xxxxxxx>]

I looked at these commands and they say that they do not run across an IPL.  
This delay has been seen on every IPL since we upgraded and that was been at 
least 6.

>>> "Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@ibm.net> 01/07/00 11:17PM >>>
At 07:24 PM 01/07/2000 -0500, you wrote:


> > At 09:55 PM 01/06/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Ever since we upgraded from 4.3 to 4.4 the final step of our IPL takes
> > >15-20 minutes.  By final step I mean the LCD display on the processor
> > >changes to the "B" indicator and then it's 15-20 minutes before I see a
> > >signon screen.  under 4.3 that was never longer than about 2-3 minutes.
> >
> > >Does anyone know what might be going on after the SRC D900xxx changes to
> > >"B" status ?
> >
>
>Could it be doing a dskbal ?  set to 15 minutes at every IPL ?
DSKBAL goes away in V4R4, to be replaced by STRASPBAL functions.

Al




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