[Default] On 6 Jul 2017 05:53:04 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main [email protected] (Allan Staller) wrote:
><snip> >I tried to say: IBM should try for what they claim for z/OS' uptime. Let z/OS >be their goal. >Kees. ></snip> > >Exactly what I have been saying for about the last 5 years or so. >The brain-dead weenies in charge just don't seem to get this. > >Before Tim Sipples jumps in and says this is not possible, I understand IBM >has no control over the "internet". >However, they do have control over KC, SR,..... > >At least the back end should match the reliability/availability claimed for >the platform being supported. >Or, put another way. The service should be available, even if external factors >prevent accessing the service. > >In the case of z/OS Parallel Sysplex, it is "5 nines" 99.99999% >This equates to about 3 seconds of non-availability per year. > >Tools/techniques exist in the *nix world to provide this availability (or at >least something much better that we currently receiving). It is a matter of >"IBM's will" to implement or not. >I do not know if similar capabilities exist in Windoze, but I certainly hope >IBM is avoiding that platform for this purpose. Given the availability of the Windows Knowledge Center whenever I have used it (site with description of all of the fixes), there probably are those capabilities. I have never encountered a down system. Clark Morris > >An then there is the data quality. Links that worked yesterday are broken >today. Maybe IBM should do some peer review before changing URLs to meet >someone's "convention of the day". > > > > >::DISCLAIMER:: >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and >intended for the named recipient(s) only. >E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as >information could be intercepted, corrupted, >lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in >transmission. The e mail and its contents >(with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on >the originator or HCL or its affiliates. >Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of the >author and may not necessarily reflect the >views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, >dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, >distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written >consent of authorized representative of >HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please >delete it and notify the sender immediately. >Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and >other defects. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
