RE: Updating a 270 from V5R2 to V5R4

["Evan Harris" <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim

I see some capacity planning and disk work in your future....

Regards
Evan Harris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Norbut, Jim
> Sent: Wednesday, 19 September 2007 10:23 a.m.
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Updating a 270 from V5R2 to V5R4
>
> My system :
>
>
>                      Display Disk Configuration Capacity
>
>
>
>                                               Unprotected    Protected
> ASP  Unit   Type Model  Threshold  Overflow   Size  %Used    Size  %Used
>
>   1                         90%    No        113279 88.30%    0  0.00%
>         1   6717  074                          6442 100.00    0  0.00%
>         2   6717  074                          6442 100.00    0  0.00%
>         3   6717  074                          6442 100.00    0  0.00%
>         4   6717  074                          6442 100.00    0  0.00%
>         5   6717  070                          8589 100.00    0  0.00%
>         6   6717  070                          8589 100.00    0  0.00%
>         7   6719  078                         17582 81.12%    0  0.00%
>         8   6719  078                         17582 81.50%    0  0.00%
>         9   6719  070                         35165 80.99%    0  0.00%
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:02 PM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: RE: Updating a 270 from V5R2 to V5R4
>
> > From: Norbut, Jim
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We have a little 270 box that is our test/disaster recovery machine in
> a
> > completely different office. It has V5R2 on it currently.
> >
> > We want to up it to V5R4 (which is the last OS it can handle per IBM)
>
> BIG gotcha:
>
> V5R4 requires 17GB disks or better.  Smaller model 270s have 8.5GB drives.
>
> Joe