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

[jim]

On Jan 21, 1:56 pm, koeh... at spock.koehler.athome.net wrote:
> In article <2534768e-55eb-4531-9ca7-08ef9b394... at v18g2000pro.googlegroups.com>, Ivan Lowe <ivanlow... 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.

I have another site with EXACTLY the same problem.  It is an rx1600
the  CM> date command shows the correct time. to be safe I had them go
into the system configuration menu and do the set time and set date.
then go back to MC> and  RS.  Then check the data again.  Looks good.
If he sets settime=0 (which is was) and TIMEPROMPTWAIT = 0 it will
boot and set the time to-------  Are you ready for this     1-jan-2004
at midnight!!
I had him do
$ set time <cr> also so that has been covered.  Will check his
patches.