Re: Question - Your IPL Frequency

["James H H Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If our 200 (V3R2) is not in use (which is most of the 
time), we IPL it once a week, let it run for an hour or 
so, then shut it down, in order to keep it exercised. And 
this generally happens without anybody even noticing.

The same is true for our 40s (V4R2, one of our 2 
development boxes) and our "fat" 170 (our V5R2 test box), 
except that they usually do get turned on before their 
weekly exercise cycle.

Our "slim" 170 (V4R4, our other development box) and our 
510 (V4R5, our production box) run for months at a time 
without an IPL. The 170 runs for weeks at a time without 
even being brought down to restricted state; the 510 gets 
a full backup weekly, and so it hits restricted state 
weekly (but without a full cold IPL).

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JHHL