[Info-vax] OpenVMS IA64 V8.2 - Failing to reboot automatically

[Ivan Lowe]

On Jan 21, 6:16 pm, IanMiller <g... at uk2.net> wrote:
> On 21 Jan, 17:49, Ivan Lowe <ivanlow... at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > We have a number of Itaniums running ovms 8.2.  A new "bug" seems to
> > have materialised since the start of this year whereby these systems
> > won't reboot automatically.  The system starts booting up VMS but then
> > requires the date to be re-entered.
>
> > At first I thought this was an issue with the battery on the
> > motherboard but have found that if the date is say 1-JAN-2004 the
> > system will reboot fine - but when put back to 2009 the problem
> > reoccurs.
>
> > Is this a hardware or software issue - anyone?  If a software issue -
> > is there an easily administered s/w patch for it.
>
> What patches do have installed and why not upgrade to V8.3-1H1 which
> is a lot better?

I don't think it has many if any.  Probably just set to work straight
out of the box - kind of get used to VMS being so reliable that one
doesn't expect to have to put any patches on.

I did a SHOW PRODUCT HISTORY

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PRODUCT                             KIT TYPE    OPERATION   DATE AND
TIME
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HP I64VMS MSAI V1.0                 Full LP     Install     12-
SEP-2006 12:32:36
HP I64VMS TIE V1.0                  Full LP     Install     12-
SEP-2006 12:28:46
HP I64VMS IDESERVER V1.1-1          Full LP     Install     09-
MAR-2006 13:23:37
HP I64VMS VMSI18N V8.2              Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 19:41:08
HP VMS AVAIL_MAN_COL V2.4-1         Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 19:35:53
HP I64VMS VT V2.1-K                 Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 19:32:06
HP I64VMS OSAK V3.0-T               Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 19:27:43
HP I64VMS V82_MGMTAGENTS V3.1-5     Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 19:25:02
HP I64VMS DCPS V2.4                 Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 19:20:09
HP I64VMS DCE V3.2                  Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 19:14:04
HP I64VMS CSWS V1.3-1               Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 19:04:44
HP I64VMS JAVA142 V1.4-21           Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 19:00:16
HP I64VMS SSL V1.2                  Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 18:51:05
HP I64VMS CSWB V1.4                 Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 18:34:44
HP I64VMS DECNET_PLUS V8.2          Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 16:20:16
HP I64VMS AVAIL_MAN_BASE V8.2       Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 15:26:25
HP I64VMS CDSA V2.1-355             Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 15:26:25
HP I64VMS DWMOTIF V1.5              Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 15:26:25
HP I64VMS KERBEROS V2.1-75          Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 15:26:25
HP I64VMS OPENVMS V8.2              Platform    Install     21-
JAN-2005 15:26:25
HP I64VMS TCPIP V5.5-11             Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 15:26:25
HP I64VMS TDC_RT V2.1-69            Full LP     Install     21-
JAN-2005 15:26:25
HP I64VMS VMS V8.2                  Oper System Install     21-
JAN-2005 15:26:25
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We will probably upgrade to 8.3-1H1 but we are talking a large number
of remote systems that are now in a vulnerable state so am looking for
the required patch (if available) for 8.2 that addresses this issue.
Hopefully it can be applied remotely over our WAN.