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Re: Maintenance proposal question

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
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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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