I just thought I'd give you all a status on our datacenter. The time is short. My last day, unless I hear otherwise soon, is 4-28. Yesterday at noon we shut down all of the CICSs, which were still running in read only mode. I was amazed at how many messages were coming from VTAM saying that people were trying to log on to applications that are down. I counted 128 attempts to log into CICSs this morning from 6:00 to maybe 11:00.
Today, I changed the startup deck on CA7 so that no jobs will be scheduled unless requested. Early next week our leasing company will come get the Dasd and the CPU. I think all of the other equipment is scrap. Anyone want any 3490E drives? We have 4 boxes and 2 control units. They would have to be picked up or arrange for shipping by the end of next week. We have several 3174 controllers available - same terms. Its kind of funny. We had a company that wanted to lease our building as a datacenter for a disaster recovery site. They kept saying they were going to decide in a day or two whether they would take the building. Today they finally decided not to. Why does that matter? When we leased the building, it was used I think to manufacture varnish. We sanded and sealed the floor, added inside walls so the concrete block wasn't showing, put in raised flooring and a ceiling, etc. I think about $1,000,000 in improvements. Since the other company backed out, we now have to take out all of our improvements and give it back to the owner in the same shape it was in when we took it over. It just seems like such a waste. Anybody need a hot site, DR site, etc. in the Milwaukee area. We are right next to the airport - very convenient. You would have to get in touch with us by the end of the week though if there is any interest, and I think a decision would have to made very quickly , as we are not going to string things along any longer. If there's any interest, my phone # is below. Well, now its time to seriously start looking for a job. I REALLY don't want to move, and I'm thinking I could even go back to computer operations (not 3rd shift though) instead of moving. I only know of one sysprog job opening in the MKE area in the last year, and that one I didn't get. Our network sysprog got a job in MKE a month or so ago as an operator. He works 3 or 4 nights a week from 9 PM to 9:30 AM. That I couldn't hack. 1st shift I could do though. Well, maybe that ideal sysprog job will open up in Milwaukee soon. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer P&H Mining Equipment 414-671-7849 Milwaukee, Wisconsin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
