Did it myself once... just by leaning back too far and lightly touching the EPO button. At least it proved the button worked! (...and it's the loudest silence I ever heard...)
John Compton Phone Cork: +353 (0)21 231 4641; Phone VOIP: 214-775-3641 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Dazzo Sent: 04 September 2007 13:51 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DASD wont go offline. Powering off the entire data centre? Not far fetched for some, we had someone do that. He thought the power distribution unit was the AC unit and hit the power off switch. Much to his sha-grin it wasn't. Matt Dazzo Technical Services Publishers Clearing House 516-944-4816 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Doc Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9/4/2007 6:54 AM >>> On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:29:49 +1000, FRASER, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Yeah, just go pull it out of it's berth and see what screams? >Pfft.... > > > >It would probably be the Ops Manager that screams first, quickly >followed by my manager and finally my Mrs when I tell her that I'm no >longer employed and will be at home to annoy her every day. :-) > > Naw, that last one's too dangerous - she'd probably get you hooked on "As The Stomach Turns" (see also: Death, fate worse than). Couldn't be worse than the guy who actually hits the emergency shutdown switch and powers off the entire data centre [insert evil grin here]... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
