Really nice try Mike - I appreciate it. I feel pretty annoyed with myself right now. -Paul
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Walter Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 5:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Date Time Changes... Actually, after our Operator's took us past Y2K, and back to 1900, too - I placed a "TODALLOW" package on the IBM VM Download page: http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/ No problems since! ---<snip>--- The TODALLOW EXEC is intended to be called from the PROFILE EXEC of AUTOLOG1. It is used to prevent AUTOLOG1 from continuing with standard AUTOLOG commands and other procedures if the current date and time are outside defined limits. TODALLOW compares the current date/time to the date/time of the most recent file on a specified, accessed CMS minidisk (e.g an OPERATOR system console log file - select one that is frequently updated). If the current date/time are different by more than a specified time range (e.g. 02:00 hours) from that file, a message is issued to a specified userid (typically OPERATOR) and an reply is required from that user before the new date/time is accepted and standard procedures continue. This gives the Operator a chance to shutdown and change the TOD clock before application damage (tapes scratched, files deleted, etc.) can occur. The only pre-requisites are CMS Pipelines, and the IBM-distributed RXTOD MODULE (on MAINT's 193 disk). Updated 2000-10-13 to accept 'WNG' from OPERATOR, and reduce the time window between setting MSG/WNG/SMSG IUCV and waiting for a response, and better handle manual interrupts. ---<snip>--- Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Kris Buelens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> 03/14/2007 04:10 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: Date Time Changes... "I just updated the TOD at IPL time to be current with CDT" If you set a correct timezone, you don't set date&time do you? Unless to adjust the time drift of the z9 clock. I did write some code to be included in AUTOLOG1 that will ask the operator to send an OK if the date differs more than 3 days with the last known date (which is saved daily by VMUTIL) -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support _____ The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited.
