> I know this is off the board but I would like to know why is the > "mainframe's" down time limited when the "client/servers" > seem to going down whenever. In the middle of the morning, > afternoon or night unscheduled.
We had an application that was targeted to be moved from the mainframe to a client server environment. At first the server would crash randomly every two or three days until some tech decided to max out the memory in the box. The server then began to crash only once a week and the final solution was to replace the hardware platform entirely. The techs could never figure out why the server was crashing other than to say it was a memory "leak". It took them three years to finish the move and stabilize a product/platform combo that is touted as "Enterprise Class". > My VM/ESA 2.4.0 was IPL'ed 1/09/2002 and > have been up since. I will take it down this Sunday to put Z/VM 4.3.0 in > service. We IPL our VM twice a year to change the clock and to keep the operators trained. That's it, final word. Regards to all, Bill Stermer ACS - City of Anaheim
