[Info-vax] NVRAM on DS10L

Kari Uusimäki uusimaki at exdecWITHOUTTHISfinland.org
Sun Jul 10 10:37:24 EDT 2011


On 9.7.2011 20:38, JF Mezei wrote:
> Recently moved, and unfortunatly, the system rack that holds the DS10L
> had to be powered off during the move. (movers don't provide power in
> their trucks, or while lifting the furniture up the stairs :-)
>
> I know that the system clock uses the battery to keep the time.
>
> However, now, I find my DS10L has lost its power-up script (the "nvram"
> file).
>
> I take it that NVRAM was stored in battery backed up memory as opposed
> to non volatile flash memory ?
>
>
>  From VMS, is there a way to copy bytes to "nvram" ? (aka: load the
> power-up script from VMS from a stored file, instead of having to retype
> it after every power failure ?
>
>
> Also, does anyone have specs on how much power a DSL10L uses when
> powered off ? (the power supply remains warm, and a portion of the
> mother board remains active to run the RMC)
>
>
>

Not any utility I know of which could be used from VMS, but there is an 
utility called nvbackup
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/alphant/drivers/index.html
one can run using ARC.
Unfortunately I don't know if it saves the SRM variables and scripts.






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