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

[koehler at spock.koehler.athome.net]

In article <2534768e-55eb-4531-9ca7-08ef9b394ef7 at v18g2000pro.googlegroups.com>, Ivan Lowe <ivanlowe36 at googlemail.com> writes:
> 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.

   Are you running sys$system:shutdown.com?  If not, then the commands
   to update the hardware clock may not be happening.