[Info-vax] Uptime for OpenVMS

[Syltrem]

"Johnny Billquist" <bqt at softjar.se> wrote in message 
news:ir1ucl$8kj$1 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE...
> On 2011-05-18 18.08, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>> On 5/18/2011 12:30 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>> On 2011-05-18 08.15, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>>>> On 5/18/2011 10:44 AM, Bob Koehler wrote:
>>>>> In article<GowAp.961$t41.959 at newsfe25.ams2>, ChrisQ<meru at devnull.com>
>>>>> writes:
>>>>>>
>
> It's just that you said "About the only time I reboot is following a power 
> outrage long enough to run down my UPS.", which don't match my experience 
> with XP, where you need to reboot every other week because of updates.

Never install those updates unless you really need them. Just as you 
(presumably) do on VMS.
If a patch is for a problem/situation that is not likely to occur, and is 
not mandatory in the sense that it may end up corrupting data or something, 
I never install any patches.

Windows Update is turned off. Always. Sometimes installing those M$ patches 
will modify your system setup and it will start to behave differently 
without you knowing. Or other times they wil lcrash you system or break 
functionality. Windows patches are like that.

Always test a patch and only install when you need it. Don`t let Windows do 
it for you.

Simple things can change an XP (or any Windows version) behavior in 
unexpected ways.
The other day, I switched my own acount from a non-privileged one to an 
Admin account (to get rights to do something without bothering with finding 
what exactly was wrong with securities in the registry), and when I switched 
it back to a non-privileges account, my PC goes into standby mode instead of 
just sitting idle when I don't use it.
Stupid thing. I'll have to fix that when I have a minute.

The other thing is that XP must be rebooted sometimes because it start to be 
unstable. Things just don't work as they should - I don't recall a 
particular event as an example right now. But sometimes just logging off and 
logging back in (no reboot) may cure the problem. VMS never does this.

Ah! why did I read this thread and discuss Windows ? We should be speaking 
VMS here !
Maybe I'm a bit angry because I must find a new home (read: OS) for my 
Oracle DB server, and Windows is the easiest to go to, but in time will 
create problems, certainly...
Unfortunately I don't have much *nix experience, I'm trying the *nix route 
too for Oracle and I'm not finished yet, but I've already finished migrating 
my test db to Windows and it works ok...

Syltrem