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

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In article <3d5b2d6d-ac83-41d1-af0f-181cfa197157 at z27g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, IanMiller <gxys at uk2.net> writes:
>On 21 Jan, 17:49, Ivan Lowe <ivanlow... at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> We have a number of Itaniums running ovms 8.2. =A0A new "bug" seems to
>> have materialised since the start of this year whereby these systems
>> won't reboot automatically. =A0The 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? =A0If 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?


...and TIMEPROMPTWAIT is set to what?

I'll give you a microfortnight to answer.
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