The premise is "what can possible go wrong" is the foundation for too many wrongs 😊
Lionel B. Dyck <>< Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com Github: https://github.com/lbdyck “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Matt Hogstrom Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2022 09:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: EXTERNAL: Re: What not to do on a z/OS system... I was working at an HMO in California and troubleshooting a networking problem with the Network Control dudes. One of them thought that reseating a token ring cable would fix the problem. As he was reaching down I formed the word STOP when he deftly unplugged the cable and said, “This will only take a second.” In which second he took down all the call center 3270’s across Southern California. He said it was only a brief interruption. Management disagreed and instituted the NO cable work except during a weekend window with a change record even for troubleshooting. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Jan 20, 2022, at 10:04, Richards, Robert B. (CTR) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Reminds me of a true story where very randomly our terminals would go > offline and then come back after a minute or two. We would check the > controller and everything looked fine. Then one day, someone got a > Coke out of the soda machine while we were standing there trying to > figure things out. The controller lost power, however briefly, and > IML'd itself. The next day, the controller had been moved elsewhere. > 😊 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
