Goetz Neumann ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: *PLUG ALERT*
: Have you ever considered to let the system(s) DUMP without
: operator intervention? HP sells the software AutoRestart/iX,
: that has the feature to DUMP to DISC after a system abort
: automatically, and START (NO)RECOVERY the system after writing
: the DUMP to DISC.
 
A warning about this:  I know one customer who launched an important
batch job, went out for a 30 minute snack, and came back to
see if the job had finished.  A "showjob" didn't show the job running,
so he assumed everything was fine.  So, he launched other jobs that
depended on the results of the first job.  All ok?
 
Nope!
 
The system had failed during the first job, and AutoRestarted ...
effectively hiding the error from the operator.
Without AutoRestart, the operator would have come back to a dead system,
and quickly realized that a problem had occurred.
 
The moral is: you don't always want a system failure to immediately
dump and restart without your knowledge.
 
But...when you do, look into HP's AutoRestart/iX.
 
Stan Sieler
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