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Re: Maintenance proposal question

DSPFMWSTS will display the level of firmware that is installed.

In a non HMC managed system, firmware installed via OS PTF install.

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.

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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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