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

[Ivan Lowe]

On Jan 21, 6:51 pm, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <3d5b2d6d-ac83-41d1-af0f-181cfa197... at z27g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, IanMiller <g... at uk2.net> writes:
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> >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.
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> >> 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?
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> I'll give you a microfortnight to answer.
> --
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65535 microFortnights

Parameter Name           Current    Default     Min.      Max.
Unit  Dynamic
--------------           -------    -------    -------   -------
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TIMEPROMPTWAIT              65535         -1         0         -1
uFortnight