[Info-vax] bizarre problem with system time (not DST)

[David Froble]

Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2015-03-28, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
>> A week ago, I upgraded one node in a three-node cluster from 7.3-2 to
>> 8.4.  The other two nodes are still at 7.3-2.  I have a satellite which 
>> boots from one of the 7.3-2 nodes.
>>
>> Since the upgrade (I'm not sure precisely if it started right after the 
>> upgrade, but I'm pretty sure), when the satellite comes up, it is 
>> exactly one hour behind the other members in the cluster.
>>
> 
> What are the time zone logicals set to on each of the cluster nodes ?
> 
> What do the time zone logicals say on the satellite ?
> 
> What is the system time on each of the cluster nodes ?
> 
> (I know you said it's not DST related but I'm not convinced of that yet.)
> 
> If you manually run ntpdate on each of the cluster nodes and the satellite
> does the time jump by an hour on any of them ?
> 
> Simon.
> 

I'm 100% with Simon on this one.

My first question, is the satellite now booting from the same server as 
before?  If not, what's the difference between the prior boot server and 
the current boot server?

I've never used a satellite node, but, on all my systems, the date comes 
from the NVRAM, not some boot server.