Re: Nightly saves

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roger Harman wrote:

> Weekly (Sunday 6:00am) ....  Takes about 2 hours and we've
> educated the users that the system will be unavailable during that
> time.
>  
Similar to another place I used to work at except we took QINTER down at 
0200.  Even issued a message to any hapless user that was logged on (it 
was a software firm so the "users" were all programmers who, as we all 
know, have no life) about 10 minutes beforehand.

Invariably I would get a call at 0215 telling me that "There appears to 
be a problem with the system."  Changed the messages to break messages 
and issued three in series (Going down in 15; Going down in 5; You're 
toast).  I finally had to unplug my phone Saturday night before I went 
to bed.


        * Jerry C. Adams
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