Re: Leaving IBM i on vs. sleep mode and fire it up now and then

[Marc Rauzier <marc.rauzier@xxxxxxxxx>]

Le 16/01/2017 à 03:36, Richard Schoen a écrit :
> Is there really such thing as sleep mode ?

It does exist for IBM i on Power Systems.
The name of this function is Partition Suspend and Resume. It was 
provided by 7.1 TR2 and requires using VIOS.

> When I did PWRDWNSYS on our old 515 the power supply the fans would still spin, but I didn't know there was a way to suspend via the white button.
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> Richard Schoen
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> message: 3
> date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 10:17:10 -0600
> from: Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Leaving IBM i on vs. sleep mode and fire it up now and then
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> I have v7r3 development box (power 8) that I leave on all the time.
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> My question is with my older 515 running V5R4.  I normally put it to sleep by holding the power button.  Then when I need to do some work on it I fire it up.
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> This is normally about 2-5x a month.
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> Would it be better for the 515 machine to just leave it running?  Or is the sleep/wake cycle not a huge issue with this hardware?
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> Brad
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