Re: remote 520 questions (more)

[John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am assuming, based on only what I can see from a distance, that only
"easy" answer would be to replace multiple 4326 drives (four remain) with
4327s, if additional storage was needed.  That wouldn't be my job either.
Just trying to be able to answer questions I know will be coming.

I looked at DDM.  Both sides are configured the same.  Same user profile on
both systems.  But, I don't know if some service part of DDM "there" lacks
authority to files that I only have due to a group profile connection.

John McKee

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Jim Oberholtzer <
midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 1)  One drive out of a RAID set (V5R3) no problem other than the system is
> no longer protected.  Another drive fails goodbye partition.  Reload time.
> Since the Cache is out it will take some "major minutes" to do. (read many
> hours)
> 2)  IBM does not have an easy answer; the OEM product route is the best,
> call Brad.
> 3) Unknown but a bit doubtful.  My guess is you'll need to add some
> storage,
> that's the bad news.  Good news is for that usage it will be cheap
> (assuming
> the HSL loop adapter is there)
> 4)  I think Rob's earlier answer to this was accurate.  It's most likely
> the
> DDM attributes that are causing the problem, or the user profile/password
> combination does not exist on both sides.
>
>
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> Jim Oberholtzer
> Chief Technical Architect
> Agile Technology Architects
>
>
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> John
> McKee
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> Subject: remote 520 questions (more)
>
> I was asked mor questions.
>
> As part of the (in)famous "decommissiong", we continue to find issues.  For
> example, I am looking at an output that has 171423 files.  There are other
> queues with a large number as well, but probably not as many.  Cache
> battery
> is gone.
>
> Since we recently had cache battery and hard drive replaced on local
> system,
> I feel confident (maybe foolishly?) that this isn't an issue, but I was
> asked.  If a remote drive craps out - it is in a RAID set, is there any
> potential data loss?  They are keeping things in output queues because
> there
> is no alternative.
>
> They need to keep the content, which brings up the related question, and I
> am thinking no easy answer here.  Remote is v5r3.  Can the spool files be
> converted to PDF?  I am cringing at the thought of doing this for 171423 or
> even 11,736 files.  But, I have to ask.  Does SPOOLTOOL have this
> capability?
>
> Due to large outques and I don't know how much actual junk, if SPOOLTOOLS
> could do conversion to PDF (again, on v5r3 system), could it be installed
> without pushing Dasd over the edge?  System is at 88.5142 of 317.1G.
>
> I created a user profile on local 520 (v5r4) with same user name and
> password as my profile ob the remote system.  Still could not open a DDM
> file.  Same error and reason code - 17.  Maybe there is an exit program
> involved, but command to look at exit programs has slipped away from active
> memory.  Maybe it is just file authority.  My login is tied to a group
> profile so when I sign on, I have needed authority to access files.  Maybe
> whatever job provides  DDM service needs that authority - if so, what
> profile is that?
>
> I deeply appreciate your patience and assistance.  This whole process is
> rapidly approaching the looney stage.
>
> John McKee
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