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Conference vaxaxp::vmsnotes

Title:	VAX and Alpha VMS
Notice:	This is a new VMSnotes, please read note 2.1
Moderator:	VAXAXP::BERNARDO

Created:	Wed Jan 22 1997
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	703
Total number of notes:	3722

474.0. "Question on SETCLOCK (FREEWARE CD) on AXP" by ATZIS1::KARTNER_M (HOUSTON, we have a problem) Tue Apr 15 1997 04:26

    Hi!
    
    I've got a question concerning the SETCLOCK utility provided
    with the FREEWARE cd. It seems to work without problems for
    VMSVAX but the stated parameters seem to be totaly unusable
    for correcting the time on an AXP
    
    Has anyone got this working for AXP? Could you provide the 
    correct parameters for adjusting the time +- 1 hour ?
    
    								thanks
    								Michael

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
474.1	Pointers...	XDELTA::HOFFMAN	Steve, OpenVMS Engineering	`Tue Apr 15 1997 12:34`	20
	There are tools to handle the timechange under OpenVMS, particularly for OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS Alpha V6.2 and later. (This tool may conflict with other tools -- DECdtss is part of DECnet-Plus, and NTP is part of UCX -- that try to reset, or try to "drift" the system time.) See SYS$STARTUP:UTC$CONFIGURE_TDF.COM, among others. (This TDF tool does not "drift" the clock.) For information on the EXE$GL_TIMEADJUST and EXE$GL_TICKLENGTH cells on OpenVMS Alpha, see _OpenVMS AXP Internal and Data Structures", Page 348. (DIGITAL-Internal folks can perform a COMET search for EXE$GL_TICKLENGTH. Also see ALPHANOTES_V1 4402., ALPHANOTES_V2 146., and VMSNOTES_V12 1927.*. Among others.) As for questions on DISK$FREEWAREV20:[SET_CLOCK]SETCLOCK, please contact the authors directly. Jamie Hanrahan appears likely one. (Based on what I see, that tool just needs to be "run".)
474.2	for Alpha the number is..	COMEUP::SIMMONDS	loose canon	`Wed Apr 16 1997 05:07`	8
	Michael, the value for TICKLENGTH is Ok, but the value for TIMEADJUST should be %hex 01194000 (18432000 decimal). Also, you should be aware that this program must execute on the PRIMARY CPU in a Multiprocessor system if more than 1 CPU is active. John. Btw, What is an "AXP"?? :)