On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 12:37 AM, Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dave Day writes: > >Does IBM give trade-ins on old equipment sort of like a car dealer? > > Sure, you can do that. We'll frequently offer trade-in credit for and haul > out your non-IBM equipment, too. Just ask your friendly IBM representative. > > Better yet (or in addition), we offer machine upgrades. You can upgrade > your N-1 or N-2 model generation z System to the latest (N) model > generation. We remove older parts (such as main processors) and replace > them with the new technology parts, and you then have a new model. Your > machine retains its same serial number. The IBM term of art for this > offering is an "MES." It's much simpler than moving whole machines in/out > of your data centers. Cabling, for example, is much easier. > And this has worked well for us, up until the time that I.T. management "froze" the mainframe infrastructure. IIRC, we started with a z800, went to a z890, then to a z9BC. I think the z890 to z9BC required a push/pull of the actual box. But the I/O cages transferred and the CPU serial number stayed the same. This saved up a nice chunk of change, and lots of time, versus a complete push pull like we did back in the 9672 / 3090 days. > > We ask you to plan for an 8 hour upgrade window for your MES, and we'll > start the upgrade when you wish, after you've applied toleration > maintenance (if any) to your software products. If that's 1:00 a.m. on a > Sunday, for example, we can handle that. Coffee for our engineer is > optional but might be appreciated, served a safe distance away from your > machines. :-) > > If you already have a Parallel Sysplex or GDPS Active Sites solution you > most likely will not need to take any application service interruption > during the upgrade. If you don't yet have either you have the option to > order another machine to "swing into" a Parallel Sysplex, either on a > temporary or ongoing basis, in order to reduce or eliminate your planned > downtime for the model upgrade(s). We also offer Capacity for Planned > Events (CPE), a type of temporary capacity, if for some reason you cannot > tolerate the temporary capacity reduction associated with a machine > upgrade. > > Car model upgrades don't seem to be common. > Yea. I'd love to be able to "upgrade" my 2013 Mazda just by replacing the changed parts, especially since I really wish that I had gone with the Bluetooth now. And, with 30F temperatures, in N. Texas, I would love to upgrade my driver chair to have heat. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Timothy Sipples > -- While a transcendent vocabulary is laudable, one must be eternally careful so that the calculated objective of communication does not become ensconced in obscurity. In other words, eschew obfuscation. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
