[Info-vax] rx2620 power supplies / VRM voltage low

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-02-12 09:49:39 +0000, George Cornelius said:

> Spares are easy to come by.  My experience is, however, that 
> bureaucracies and eBay just don't play well together, and that makes it 
> all more difficult and expensive.

Okay, if the purchasing department has "Best Practices" in play that 
exclude eBay or Craigslist or related, then they can and usually also 
should pay HPE for service, or pay one of the reputable used-equipment 
vendors that'll offer systems with warranties.   In general, these 
folks might want to review Chapter 55612.3.5 in the applicable "Best 
Practices for Continued Employment via Blame Shifting" where it states 
that all critical servers must maintain support contracts from the list 
of approved providers (see section 55612.3.476 and updates in BPCEvBS 
addendum 2016.02 or current) at all times, or digitally-signed copies 
of the applicable Business Practices Exception (C-level exception or 
trap to interrupt vector badge 00001) must be maintained among the 
server manager, the department, the purchasing department and internal 
IT and other applicable groups, per BPCEvBS section 
55612.3.5772.x4.375.  Or just order the eBay spare server out of the 
Division Shadow IT^W^WGroup Latté Fund.




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