Re: Is IPL necessary?

Our system admin is having us do this weekly. That way, if he needs to
apply a PTF, he knows will be applied on a certain day. We also are
not a 24/7 shop so we don't have that problem.


On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:07:24 -0500, Al Barsa <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Older CISC systems and System/38's had 48 bit addressing, and could run out
> of addresses if not IPLed regularly.  RISC systems have 64 bit addressing,
> and if you PTF regularly (every 6 months to a year), this is sufficient
> IPLing.
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> Al
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> Hello,
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> I am an RPG programmer and we have an Iseries 825. I was told by one of
> our operators that IPLs do not need to be routinely scheduled.
> 
> Is this true? Is there any documentation I can refer to?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Jose
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