CA client code location (was RE: Oh where has my disk space gone? )

[thomas@xxxxxxxxxxx]

jt:

On Sat, 17 November 2001, "jt" wrote:

> Is there disadvantages to centralizing CA updates on the 400?  (Other than
> cost of DASD.)

Uh... I suppose. The obvious advantage is that it's "centralized" -- single 
point and style of management, standard centralization advantages. Very handy 
when the AS/400 is your only server. I'm just not sure how many people care 
anymore; NT servers are pretty common in the same network and necessary skills 
aren't hard to come by. And the argument can easily be made that because it is 
client code, it should be 'centralized' along with other PC clients and 
applications -- on a PC server.

Besides simple space, I've personally never been happy to share my I/O adapter 
for code updates, especially dozens or hundreds of 20-60MB downloads; it's 
enough of a bottleneck at times without adding more.

I'd be glad to hear others' experiences with how best to handle it. Once I've 
figured out which LPPs can be removed, I've had no problems.

In any case, after thinking about it (you know, in that split-second between 
hitting <Send> and seeing the confirmation), I'm not sure how many CA client 
PTFs are ever included in cume packages any more. Might not even have been a 
good example.

Tom Liotta

>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > On Thu, 15 November 2001, rob@dekko.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hey, you wouldn't be fixing anything if you didn't know it was
> > broke would
> > > you?  Perhaps you ARE using it?
> >
> > Not necessarily. The various Client Access client LPPs are an
> > example. Many iSeries and AS/400 systems have these installed on
> > the server but don't need them there because the clients are
> > installed from CD or from another, usually NT, server in the
> > network as are the service packs. But because they are installed
> > on the iSeries/AS400, cume PTFs apply fixes that often have no
> > useful point. (Note that this is separate from fixes to the
> > server-side code, the host servers, etc.) Not only space but time
> > as well is wasted.

--
Tom Liotta
The PowerTech Group, Inc.
19426 68th Avenue South
Kent, WA 98032
Phone  253-872-7788
Fax  253-872-7904
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