[Info-vax] IBM nearing deal to acquire Red Hat

[Dave Froble]

On 5/4/2019 4:16 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 5/4/2019 2:22 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 5/4/19 12:53 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> Probably because of concepts.  A reboot is not normally a part of
>>> running VMS.  That might not be so in other environments.
>>
>> Another myth that should be put to rest.  When the University was
>> still running on VMS it was managed by someone most people here
>> would recognize as an authority  on VMS management.  They used
>> to reboot the systems regularly and never left them running for
>> more than a month with out a reboot.  Just because some people
>> let them go longer and even see some value in the bragging
>> rights doesn't necessarily mean it's a good idea.
>
> Yes. System boot is just like restore of backup. It need
> to be tested occasionally.
>
> A well known story is the Irish Railroad VMS system that
> had not been rebooted for 17 years.
>
> Imagine the scenario where it got rebooted and
> did not startup properly.
>
> Sysmgr A: has anyone done something on the system without
> modifying systartup_vms?
>
> Sysmgr B: since when?
>
> Sysmgr A: within the last 17 years.
>
> :-)
>
> Arne

If I recall correctly, that was a cluster.  Individual systems had been 
through re-boots.


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