On 8 Oct 2013 08:31:23 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >My understanding from talking with a level 2 manager at IBM, is that the >original green screen applications (z/VM based) are still running. >What has changed is the method of access. > >Regardless of the residence of the applications, there exist (except possibly >on Windows platforms) availability options to >completely eliminate the need for 12 hour outages.
Given my admittedly limited experience with the Microsoft Knowledge base and service delivery, they seem to have figured out to have it available at the random times I wanted to use them. Clark Morris > >It seems that IBM has *chosen* not to use these options... > ><snip> >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of John Gilmore >Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 8:47 AM > >The misjudgment consisted in choosing edge servers initially. This >facility should have been implemented on a mainframe, where adequate >availability is a given. > >Complaints about and expectations for the availability of the IBM-Support >portal have always been unrealistic. They are extrapolations from the >complainers' mainframe experience that are inappropriate to a different, much >more fragile environment, one in which failures, reboots, and frequent >'quiescences' for maintenance are the norm. ></snip> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
