RE: OT - One for the (DUH) List...

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We had one of those situations--  a consultant wanted to recable a
disk drive, (between 2 systems IIRC), and wanted the operator to
power down the DRIVE.

The operator said, "This red switch?"

The consultant said, "Yes---  WAIT!"  or something like that.

But it was too late.  And -that- red switch was part of the single
power chain for the entire system.  Which, of course, came down.

We presented the operator with a defunct red switch as a prize--
which he did not really appreciate-- he blamed himself for the down
time.  We blamed the consultant for not being specific, and told him
to keep his hands off the equipment until the weekend.  (:

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.nospam.com


> These stories remind me of the time I switched off the power (intentionally)
> of a rack that only had a tape drive in it ... whoops the power to the next
> rack was chained off it ... it had three trays of 9337 disks in it.  I
> turned the power back on immediately and the AS/400 never went down !!!  A
> heart-attack followed by a renewed love for my reliable and resilient
> AS/400.
>
> (Do you remember this Neil?)
>
> Jeff Bull