My $0.02 would be to keep the HMC in the Data Centers and remotely access them, because would not the CE (sorry old term, but I am not sure what they are called now these days) need or prefer direct access to the HMC while working on the hardware?
I think the systems would continue to run should connection to the HMC be lost, but why chance it? Al Nims Systems Admin/Programmer 3 Information Technology University of Florida (352) 273-1298 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Porowski Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 4:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Remote HMC or HMC with Remote Access Any reason to prefer one setup over the other? Local (my office) HMC connected to remote datacenters (50+ miles and 200+ miles) Remote access (from my office) to an HMC in remote datacenters (50+ miles and 200+ miles) I'm going to have 2 datacenters (200+ miles apart) in CoLo providers Closest datacenter will be within 50 miles of the office where I work Intent is to have only "smart" third party support access to the datacenter (for racking/cabling/rebooting) Mainframe activity (IPL/POR) to take place remotely with fallback to "smart" third party support if needed. Rack space will be at a premium so they don't want to waste it on an HMC if they can avoid it. Thanks all for your input. Ken Ken Porowski VP Mainframe Engineering CIT Information Technology One CIT Drive Livingston, NJ 07039 +1 973 740 5459 (tel) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.cit.com<http://www.cit.com> This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, "CIT"), and are intended solely for the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, any use, disclosure, printing, copying or distribution, or reliance on the contents, of this communication is strictly prohibited. CIT disclaims any liability for the review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or the taking of any action in reliance upon, this communication by persons other than the intended recipient(s). If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender advising of the error in transmission, and immediately delete and destroy the communication and any accompanying materials. To the extent permitted by applicable law, CIT and others may inspect, review, monitor, analyze, copy, record and retain any communications sent from or received at this email address. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
