The POWER behind IBM Call Home

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This is a podcast episode titled, The POWER behind IBM Call Home. The summary for this episode is: <p>Every day, systems running IBM i "Call Home" with error messages and data necessary to the resolution of those issues. Some cases are quietly closed automatically, some result in an email with tips on how to solve or check for an issue, and still others result in IBM systems engineers being automatically dispatched to the system location with the right part or software to solve the issue. Jeff Cummings is the man behind Call Home technology for POWER systems, and in this episode he delves into how it works, and why every IBM i customer should be using it to keep their systems up and running.</p><p><br></p><p>The following links will help customers enable Call Home:</p><p>(1) <a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-support-recommended-fixes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get the latest ECS PTFs</a></p><p>(2) <a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/643647" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Verify firewall communication to the new EDGE server</a></p><p>(3) <a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/684101" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Delete/recreate the service configuration and disable/re-enable ESA</a></p><p>"<a href="https://community.ibm.com/community/user/power/blogs/jerry-slayton1/2020/06/26/how-to-setup-call-home" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to Setup Call Home</a>"</p><p><br></p>

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Every day, systems running IBM i "Call Home" with error messages and data necessary to the resolution of those issues. Some cases are quietly closed automatically, some result in an email with tips on how to solve or check for an issue, and still others result in IBM systems engineers being automatically dispatched to the system location with the right part or software to solve the issue. Jeff Cummings is the man behind Call Home technology for POWER systems, and in this episode he delves into how it works, and why every IBM i customer should be using it to keep their systems up and running.


The following links will help customers enable Call Home:

(1) Get the latest ECS PTFs

(2) Verify firewall communication to the new EDGE server

(3) Delete/recreate the service configuration and disable/re-enable ESA

"How to Setup Call Home"


Today's Host

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Kurt Schroeder

|IBM i GSC Support, Save Restore/BRMS
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Alex Marquis

|IBM i GSC Support, Data Access

Today's Guests

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Jeff Cummings

|IBM Global POWER Automation Lead