Basic Engineering Rule 1: If it isn't broken, don't fix it.
Basic Engineering Rule 2: If it doesn't cause problems, see rule 1.

IPL only when you have a problem that you can't fix any other way. If
you need to restart a Linux guest frequently, then you're better off
finding and fixing the real problem than using the IPL to mask the
symptom.

-- db


> I currently have a few linux servers running in production (ZVM 4.4)
> with heavy usage. Our IFL is only IPL'd once every few
> months. Would it
> be advisable to recycle the whole machine (and all linux
> servers running
> under VM) more than that ? I was told that linux servers have to be
> rebooted periodically to clear out buffers, cache, storage, etc.


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