Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089

[Robert Justice]

YES IT IS DOWN AGAIN, SHOCK AND SURPRISE

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[Chase, John]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Robert Justice
>
> YES IT IS DOWN AGAIN, SHOCK AND SURPRISE

"Again?" or "Still?"

-jc-

[Fletcher, Kevin]

It maybe down, but they are very apologetic about it.

Thanks,

Fletch

[Chase, John]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Fletcher, Kevin
>
> It maybe down, but they are very apologetic about it.

But apologies don't "bring home the bacon".

The "call-bot" says to try it again at/after 09:15 EST....

-jc-

[Mark Jacobs]

Chase, John wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Fletcher, Kevin
>>
>> It maybe down, but they are very apologetic about it.
>>
>
> But apologies don't "bring home the bacon".
>
> The "call-bot" says to try it again at/after 09:15 EST....
>
> -jc-
>
>
>

Well it's 9:14 and it still fails.

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and the fire is cutting off her escape. She's all the unsung heroes
who couldn't quite cut it but never quit.*

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*Referring to the Auguste Rodin sculpture, Caryatid Who Has Fallen under Her Stone

[Mark Zelden]

Down all weekend as near as I can tell. Unacceptable since we (and most
other shops) do weekend upgrades. Luckily I didn't run into any issues
with a 1.8 roll out to a production LPAR this weekend and didn't need to
use IBMLINK. I did try to logon serveral times Saturday evening and
Sunday to update a PMR and that is how I know it was down.

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[Fletcher, Kevin]

I agree -jc-...i forgot to set the sarcasm flag to on.

Thanks,

Fletch

[Chase, John]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mark Zelden
>
> Down all weekend as near as I can tell. Unacceptable since
> we (and most
> other shops) do weekend upgrades. Luckily I didn't run into
> any issues
> with a 1.8 roll out to a production LPAR this weekend and
> didn't need to use IBMLINK. I did try to logon serveral
> times Saturday evening and Sunday to update a PMR and that is
> how I know it was down.

Likewise, I have an approaching maintenance window, and last Thursday
received an AST notification via email that a CICS APAR I've been
waiting on to clear a HOLD that affects about a dozen other PTFs was
"changed". I still haven't been able to check if the APAR has closed
(last status I was able to see said "INTRAN") and the PTF for it is
available, or not.

Meanwhile, time marches on.......

-jc-