FAQs
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With a Fresche OS Upgrade Test Flight complete, you’ll be equipped with the necessary information to upgrade your Production environment yourself or further engage our engineering team to do so on your behalf.
- Are you running 2 or more generations back from the latest IBM OS version release?
- Do you not have a Dev/Test environment to perform OS upgrades separately?
- Are you no longer comfortable performing an OS upgrade?
- Do you need the OS upgrade as a stepping stone to a hardware refresh, transition to the cloud, or other?
- Does your current system not have the capacity for another LPAR?
- Do you need to firm up what outage windows an OS upgrade will require from the business?
- Are you behind on PTF updates and need a test environment to run them prior to loading on your production environments?
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If you’re looking for a low-risk way to start a relationship with a uniquely focused and skilled IBM i partner, our Performance Assessment can provide you with the power to upgrade with confidence!
- Do you need a hardware refresh but you’re not sure where to start?
- Do you want to take a test run on IBM i-specific performance management software?
- Are you looking for the total cost of ownership with options and recommendations?
- Are you looking for a partner who knows IBM i and will bring forward the right recommendations?
- Do you want “what if” charts to project hardware upgrade utilization percentage?
- Are you sick of “overbuying” hardware?
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Your performance assessment deliverable includes, but is not limited to, information such as:
- Current system specifications (model, feature code, serial number, release, processor, partitions, CPW, memory)
- Disk specifications (total disk, total ASP, total arms, RAID cache controllers, and disk utilization percentage)
- LPAR properties (processing units, virtual processors, CPW, LPAR memory, dedicated/shared, capped/uncapped)
- User licensing information (unique interactive users, unique “other” users, maximum interactive users, maximum “other” users, and maximum current users)
- CPW daily averages (historical daily CPU percentage utilization, historical daily CPW utilization)
- Maximum CPW percentage (maximum interactive CPU percentage utilization, maximum total CPU utilization)
- Memory analysis (total faults per second, faulting factor, disk Ops/Sec faulting percentage, and machine pool service level)
- Peak Day “Baseline” data to be used for “what if” modeling purposes
- The assessment deliverable will be reviewed during a presentation with our capacity planning and hardware performance experts, so you have a clear understanding of the results. We can even graphically model optional performance upgrades as well.
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If you’re experiencing performance issues and are unclear on where to start fixing your IBM i environment, let a Fresche health check be the first step to a clean IBM i bill of health.
- Do you have error codes on your system?
- Are you experiencing unplanned outages on your system?
- Are you not under a current hardware or software support agreement?
- Are you having performance issues and not sure why?
- Do you need technical data to prove your gut assumptions?
- Are you lacking the personnel and expertise for diagnosis?