Re: System VPD showing 'incorrect' serial number

From: JOSEPH KREMBLAS (JKREMBLAS_at_REDHEARTGIFTS.COM)
Date: 08/11/05

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    Date:         Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:55:52 -0700
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    ROFL: The pSeries speaks up: "Oh my little RS/6000 on the floor next to
    me: (slang) Niggar please! . . . you peddly little RS/6000."

    In [or "is it In re:" (always get confused on this point when confronted
    with "lawyers" in the legal division)] all gravity I would very much highly
    indorse (for you English folks) and/or endorse that our fellow AIXer send
    such VPD data to Poughkeepsie, should such jolly fellow be with the "United
    States" as that term is defined in the United States Code; if not, can't
    help ya' sista'

                    --joseph.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
    Robert Miller
    Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:29
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Re: System VPD showing 'incorrect' serial number

    Bwahahaha... you and your little RS/6000 too, my pretty!!!

    I don't think we're in a root shell anymore, Toto...

    Making life just a bit more surreal... ;)

    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
    JOSEPH KREMBLAS
    Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:25 PM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Re: System VPD showing 'incorrect' serial number

    Oh Dear . . . No, please no . . . not the brain police! Run for your lives
    :) The sky is fallin' . . . the sky is fallin'. No more coffee for you,
    Sir!

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Robert Miller [mailto:rmiller@smud.org]
    Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:20
    To: JKREMBLAS@REDHEARTGIFTS.COM
    Subject: RE: System VPD showing 'incorrect' serial number

    ROFL...

    Dude, have some coffee... that, or switch to decaf ;)

    Sadly, it's all too true though ;P

    --rm

    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
    JOSEPH KREMBLAS
    Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:09 PM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Re: System VPD showing 'incorrect' serial number

    Hard to read? In "Americus," it's close to IMPOSSIBLE to "rub out" the
    serial number.

    Again, the standards and policies in, or, the, "non-US" and/or "non-U.S.,"
    territories, possessions, and/or "States," or "the States," or "State" are
    different--and "I. B. M." and/or "I.B.M" and/or "IBM" and/or "IBM
    Corporation (in N. Y. S.)" knows this association of difference, as well.
    Without and/or within getting into the "semantics" belonging ("of") this
    discussion, the place to submit such "VPD" data is in Poughkeepsie, New
    York. Don't believe me? Check it out yourself--Oh Dear!, been doing this
    for WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG.

    "And the veil was lifted . . . and they were shocked and stiffened their
    necks and rejected . . .." --"Anonymous".

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    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
    BRUCE HARVEY
    Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:42
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Re: System VPD showing 'incorrect' serial number

    The 'sticker' on the front is hard to read ... could go either way, in my
    opinion. This was a used machine, and I think the stickers they print for
    these are not as good as the ones for 'new' machines.

    >>> JKREMBLAS@REDHEARTGIFTS.COM 08/11/05 1:27 PM >>>

    What is the S/N on the physical machine (not the logical)?

        --joseph.

    P.S. The real answer will most definitely and most absolutely differ for
    each individual in different parts of "IBM" throughout the "world".

    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
    Robert Miller
    Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 09:56
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Re: System VPD showing 'incorrect' serial number

    Personally, I'd tell them to send a CE out and verify that it says what you
    see that it says. I've had fun dealing with IBM and their wonderful machine
    database(s)... where one side of the house thinks it's installed in New
    York, even though they have sent out a CE to verify that it's installed at
    your site... ...twice...

    So, good luck getting IBM to fix their da tabase info - but that really is
    what you need to do, IMO... my sympathies.

    --rm
    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of BRUCE
    HARVEY
    Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:39 AM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: System VPD showing 'incorrect' serial number

    All ...

    I've got a power4 p630, 7028-6C4 whose vital product data shows (when I
    execute lscfg -vp) the serial number to be 10-11224 ... and IBM and Agilysys
    (who we bought it through) show it to be 10-1122A, and they're telling me
    I'm wrong.

    Do I need to change the VPD? If so, how? Diag would seem to be the way to
    go, but it won't go there that I can find.

    Do I need to get a 2x4 and convince IBM and Agilysys that their records are
    faulty (misread by someone and now semi-permanently etched into the
    consciousness of both corporations) and tr y to get them to change things
    ...

    ... so that when I have a hardware problem and need to call Hardware Support
    and can't get into the Data Center because of rules (so can't view the label
    that says, "really -A," on the front of the cabinet) and I execute lscfg -vp
    to get the cabinet serial number I won't be sent to entitlement?
    (*pant*) (*pant*)

    Many thanks, all!

    Bruce

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