Re: Maintenance proposal question

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <atostaine@xxxxxxxxx>]

I thought this machine was only 3 years old but marketing ended in 2014.  I
guess it's 6 years old. They will likely get a new machine.

On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 11:52 AM Art Tostaine, Jr. <atostaine@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> This customer is willing to upgrade if necessary. They aren't cheap. How
> can I find out the firmware version and when it's going eos?
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 11:33 AM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > You can always use the excuse my dad always used for not changing the oil
> > in his car:  If it isn't broke, don't fix it.
> >
> > Rob Berendt
> > --
> > IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
> > Group Dekko
> > Dept 1600
> > Mail to:  7310 Innovation Blvd, Suite 104
> >           Ft. Wayne, IN 46818
> > Ship to:  7310 Innovation Blvd, Dock 9C
> >           Ft. Wayne, IN 46818
> > http://www.dekko.com
> >
> >
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> > My customer has an 8202-E4D Power 720 ready for maintenance.  The salesman
> > warned them that their machine goes EOS 12/31/20..  He then emailed  " IBM
> > will no longer be updating firmware for this system nor providing any
> > further system code development."
> >
> > I think the machine is only 3 years old.    They are on V7R3.  We don't
> > use
> > an HMC, this customer of mine is old school, do we care about firmware
> > upgrades and whatever else is going EOS on 12/31/20?
> >
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