Spring 2016 Mainframe Updates

NWRDC’s annual mainframe disaster recovery exercise was successfully conducted on April 22, 2016 through April 23, 2016. The recent conversion to the Luminex Virtual Tape facility allowed for the entire tape library to be available for the exercise, and significantly reduced the length of time for the restore process.

Staff continues the installation and configuration of z/OS 2.1. An expected conversion date has not yet been set.

Shadow Direct software has been upgraded to the latest release. The upgrading of Shadow Web is in progress and should be completed by May 16, 2016. Control M will also soon be upgraded to the latest release.

All mainframe information and documentation will be reposted to the NWRDC website in the next few weeks. Several items now require a mainframe ID and password to access. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

NWRDC Maintenance and Meetings Calendar

Tuesday, March 28th

NWRDC CIS Virtual Environment Maintenance
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Start date: Tuesday, March 28th
- Start time: 06:00am
- End time: 05:00pm
- Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) would like to inform you of upcoming maintenance:Service(s): NWRDC Cloud Infrastructure Services for Tallahassee and AtlantaMaintenance Start Time: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 0600 (ET)Maintenance End Time: Friday, March 31, 2023 1700 (ET)Service Availability: No downtime nor performance impact is expectedDetails: NWRDC staff will be performing standard virtual center server appliance (VCSA) and host patching in the NWRDC Tallahassee and Atlanta virtual environments. Questions?We're here to help. If you experience issues after the maintenance has concluded or have any questions, please contact the NWRDC Operations Team at (850) 645-3500, it_support@nwrdc.fsu.edu
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Monday, April 3rd

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, April 3rd
- Start time: 02:00am
- End time: 06:00am
- Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
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Monday, April 10th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, April 10th
- Start time: 02:00am
- End time: 06:00am
- Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
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Friday, April 14th

NWRDC Management Committee Meeting
- Calendar: NWRDC Meetings
- Start date: Friday, April 14th
- Start time: 01:00pm
- End time: 02:00pm
- Monthly meeting of the NWRDC Management Committee. If you are interested in attending this meeting, please contact Kate_Wasson@nwrdc.fsu.edu.
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Monday, April 17th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, April 17th
- Start time: 02:00am
- End time: 06:00am
- Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
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Monday, April 24th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, April 24th
- Start time: 02:00am
- End time: 06:00am
- Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
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Wednesday, April 26th

NWRDC Annual Mainframe Disaster Recovery Exercise
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Start date: Wednesday, April 26th
- Start time: 08:00am
- End time: 08:00am
- Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) will perform its annual Mainframe Disaster Recovery Exercise April 26, 2023 through April 28, 2023.Service(s): Mainframe Disaster Recovery Services TestingRecovery Start Time: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - 0800 (ET)Customer Testing Start Time: Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 0800 (ET)Recovery End Time: Friday, April 28, 2023 - 0800 (ET)Details: April 26, 2023 is reserved for Ensono staff to restore and configure the Disaster Recovery environment. Customer testing begins Thursday, April 27 at 0800 ET and concludes at 0800 ET on Friday, April 28.Please let NWRDC know if you are planning to participate in the annual Mainframe Disaster Recovery exercise via email addressed to Mainframe-DR-Support@nwrdc.fsu.edu. Questions?We are here to help. If you have any questions, please contact the NWRDC Operations Team at (850) 645-3500, it_support@nwrdc.fsu.edu.
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Monday, May 1st

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, May 1st
- Start time: 02:00am
- End time: 06:00am
- Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
- Click for details on Google calendar.

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