I don’t really know what goes on under the covers. Your IBM SE would be a better person to ask for the details.
I think of the Driver MCL as a "level set". I suspect, each low level routine is updated and verified, which accounts for the duration. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Jake Anderson Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 7:50 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SE/HMC driver update duration Out of curiosity why Driver update takes time .. What happens internally and what are set of action takes (apologies for my ignorance) On Wed, 18 Dec, 2019, 5:42 PM Allan Staller, <allan.stal...@hcl.com> wrote: > I can believe Driver MCLs can take a long time on the support element. > I do not agree with the HMC updated. I have never seen a HMC upgrade > take more than a couple of hours. > > My $0.02 USD worth. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Jake Anderson > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 7:08 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: SE/HMC driver update duration > > We have one CEC plus one SE and HMC. > > Updating from 32 to 36. > > On Wed, 18 Dec, 2019, 3:11 PM Jousma, David, < > 000001a0403c5dc1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > I don’t know that a couple days are accurate, unless the CE just doesn’t > > want to work more than 8 hours. I will tell you though that it was a > > lengthy process. Probably 8-10 hours if I remember right when we made > > that jump a year or so ago. We normally allot 5-6 hours of time for IBM > > to complete before our maintenance window, and in this particular > > case, we almost blew through our window of work because the updates > > ran so long. WE now schedule a 12 hour window for IBM to do their > > work just because of this. My team mate, might see this post and > > offer up a bit more information. > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > __ > > _______________________________ > > Dave Jousma > > AVP | Manager, Systems Engineering > > > > Fifth Third Bank | 1830 East Paris Ave, SE | MD RSCB2H | Grand > > Rapids, MI 49546 > > 616.653.8429 | fax: 616.653.2717 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > > Behalf Of Jake Anderson > > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 3:24 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: SE/HMC driver update duration > > > > **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** > > > > **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or > > unexpected emails** > > > > Hello > > > > We are updating our HMC/SE driver level. 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