An interesting question came up this morning - all your multiple power sources have just failed. Your generator(s) started but, for whatever reason, have also failed. You're now on battery power and have 23 minutes to power everything off as gracefully as possible. Do you have procedures in place to do it?
I don't even want to think about all the open-systems stuff, my head would explode. But I don't think this is a trivial exercise even from the mainframe side. I'm thinking you almost have to think about this in the same way you would approach planning a DR event. Maybe you have a couple of scenarios - 1. I know I'm going to lose power in 3 hours. 2. I know I've only got 23 minutes & the clock is already running. Do you get as much of the software shut off as possible & just let the hardware take care of itself? Do other companies have plans in place for this? Is it reviewed with some frequency? Pretty hard to test unless you have your own DR site, but do you at least do periodic walk-through's as an exercise? Do you have or need a procedure on how to restart after an EPO of any duration? Have I found a new career path or should I just ask for my medications to be adjusted? This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, forwarding or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message and all copies and backups thereof. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
