RE: Leaving IBM i on vs. sleep mode and fire it up now and then

I've found that parts are more prone to fail following power down and IPLs.
Multiple times in the past, disk drives would fail following a power down/IPL.
Normally I only power down for PTF apply, SYS saves, and/or i5/OS upgrades, at the most 4 times per year.

Paul

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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Schoen
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 4:53 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Leaving IBM i on vs. sleep mode and fire it up now and then

Probably worse because I think it's a quick power off sequence.

If power is cheap leave it on.

Otherwise PWRDWNSYS. I always did a PWRDWNSYS *IMMED.

Regards,


Richard Schoen
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message: 6
date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:48:09 -0600
from: Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Leaving IBM i on vs. sleep mode and fire it up now and
then

I must have read something wrong a few years ago. I've had in my head that it was doing some sort of suspend. You know how reading IBM docs is..
haha..

So, on my 515 (V5R4) holding the power button down for 5 seconds (while the display counts down) is the same as issuing PWRDWNSYS *IMMED? Seems that way. :)

Brad
www.bvstools.com

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