RE: Restart AS/400 at a Later Time after Power Down?

GO POWER

Option 2 - Change Power on and off schedule

HTH,

Charles Wilt
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iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
  

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> On Behalf Of Brian Piotrowski
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:32 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Restart AS/400 at a Later Time after Power Down?
> 
> Hi All,
> 
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> 
> In a few weeks the local power company will be testing our lines that
> come into our facilities.  To that end, the power will be 
> down for about
> 6 - 8 hours while the testing is being performed.
> 
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> 
> We do have our UPS systems to maintain the servers in the event of a
> power outage as well as a backup generator that kicks in 11 seconds
> after loss of power.  However, we do know that this power will be down
> during this time frame, so I was wondering if there is an 
> option in the
> PWRDWNSYS command (or any other command) in the AS/400 that will allow
> us to power down the system, wait for a specified period of time, and
> then power back up?  I had a look through the options, but I didn't
> specifically see anything that would lead me to believe this can be
> done.
> 
>  
> 
> For example, if the power was out between 10:00am - 5:00pm, could we
> invoke a PWRDWNSYS at 9:30am, have it wait and then power back up at
> 6:00pm?  Assume that the AS/400 will have constant power to it (either
> through the UPS or generator).
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Brian.
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> Brian Piotrowski
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> Simcoe Parts Service, Inc.
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