RE: New disk, Disk balancing and 2748 controllers

["Sims, Ken" <KSIMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stuart -

>Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 04:36:29 -0600
>From: "Allen, Stuart" <sallen@fellowes.com>
>Subject: RE: New disk, Disk balancing and 2748 controllers
>
>I am on V4R3 at the moment, but am going to R4 (probably the day before)

Well, you should be okay then.

>What did you do? Swap it for a 2741 or bump up the upgrade?

There was not any controller available compatible with V4R3, so we upgraded
to V4R4 on the spot.  It was a day from hell, console checks and all sorts
of fun.  I got so !*#&^%$ sick of the attention light ...  Part of it was
due to the fact that IBM CE who did the hardware part went past DST into a
full IPL when the system had V4R4 microcode but only V4R3 OS/400.  I was
taking the VAR guy to his hotel to get PTF CDs.  We had told the CE to let
it come up into DST and then just wait.  I don't know what possessed him to
go the rest of the way.  It was not our regular CE.  22.5 hours for the
whole process, hardware upgrade and software upgrade.

Ken
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of
my employer or anyone in their right mind.

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