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- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 14:56:00 EDT
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- From: postman Bill Wylbur <$WYL@PCCJES2.BITNET>
- Subject: Questions in moving 3380-K dasd ?
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- Fellow IBM 3380-K dasd users:
- We at FDA's Parklawn Computer Center "PCC" are about to under take what
- has been called a dangerous endevor, the physical relocation of 3380-K
- disk units. The danger I have been told is not the damage that can occur to
- the electronics as we are ONLY moving them approx 75-100 feet but that IBM
- USED to say that and movement over and inch or two could results in a
- head crash. They used to recommend a backup before relocation and and
- restore afterwards. We at PCC most definitly plan to protect ourselfs by
- doing the necessary FDR backups.... but NOW IBM says don't worry about it
- we can NOW move these disks without any problems and just reconnect and
- power them up and continue processing with zero problems...
- We will be staying in our computer area on the sub-floor but also we DO NOT
- have the new carpeted sub-flooring. We have checked and re-checked with IBM
- and we get the same answer, THEY WILL STRAP THE UNITS DOWN AND MOVE THEM
- WITH ZERO PROBLEMS. In most cases we would just copy the volume to another
- unit and NOT worry.... BUT the 2 banks involved are our system packs....
- JES SPOOLS, CATALOG VOLUMES, IPL PACKS and critical LIBRARY and DATABASE
- volumes, plus others.... or the worst possible mix... that could
- totally kill all three MVS/ESA Main frames and several national networks.
- We DO have the Innovation SAR product to bail us out if both banks of dasd
- go down the tubes but my question to this lists diverse sub-scribers is this,
- has ANYONE DONE THIS SUCCESSFULLY and is the folks at BIG BLUE nolonger
- skiddish about moving their dasd farms.
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- Thanks in advance for ANY assistance that can be provided,
- William Long, alias "WYLBUR", PCC Systems support, $WGL@PCCJES2.BITNET
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