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Ok this is not specifically a midrange-l kind of thing except as a darn good lesson as to why you really should "fix things that aren't broken".
Cisco generated a technote on their vmware servers. Basically the SSD's on them will die after 40,000 hours (~ 4.5 years) unless you get this firmware update. Putting the firmware update on after they fail is too late - the SSD's will still need to be replaced. We had to restore numerous vm's (still working on a vHMC - does that qualify as a midrange-l issue?).
Oh, and since vHMC wasn't windows it didn't show up in the "give a crap" list by the Windows team to schedule backups and I get the privilege of rebuilding it.
We planned on upgrading them last year. Got one done then got hit by a capital expenditure freeze. Meeting today on detail vmware server specs... Moving to HP.
We failed to notice this technote (um, not my job):
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/field-notices/705/fn70545.html
Rob Berendt
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IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
Group Dekko
Dept 1600
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Ft. Wayne, IN 46818
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