[Default] On 18 Dec 2017 10:40:41 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main jesse1.robin...@sce.com (Jesse 1 Robinson) wrote:
>This is not to excuse bad behavior, but for years IBM has recommended pulling >all available fixes on a regular schedule, e.g. daily. This to guard against >this kind of situation: needing a particular fix in a big hurry when the >delivery mechanism is not working for whatever reason. (Do as they say, not as >I do.) > >We have discussed ServiceLink availability with IBM at several SHARE meetings. >Our point was that since (probably the vast majority of) customers perform >maintenance activities on weekends, that's the worst time for ServiceLink >maintenance. We got considerable sympathy from the folks we met with, but they >admitted that they don't control the schedule and could only recommend. >Meanwhile the IBM maintenance schedule seems not to have changed. Sigh. > Who does control the schedule and why can;t customers contact THAT department? Could the shareholders among us make a stink by asking for a proxy vote on the issue (I would be willing to sign it with my small number of shares) and if anyone lives close to the next annual meeting (I'm in Nova Scotia) maybe he or she could raise the question there. Clark Morris >. >J.O.Skip Robinson >Southern California Edison Company >Electric Dragon Team Paddler >SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager >323-715-0595 Mobile >626-543-6132 Office ?=== NEW >robin...@sce.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On >Behalf Of Ed Jaffe >Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 9:31 AM >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Subject: (External):Re: ShopZ 24/7? Maybe not so much.... > >On 12/18/2017 8:30 AM, Tom Conley wrote: >> We'll bring this up at SHARE yet again, and IBM will assure us they're >> working on it, they'll point to their 99.99 uptime, and then nothing >> will change. > >Funny how the downtime (.001%? Really? No! That counts only "unexpected" >outages...) always seems to occur on the weekends when sysprogs need it >most... :-\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
