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Conference ssag::ask_ssag

Title:	Ask the Storage Architecture Group
Notice:	Check out our web page at http://www-starch.shr.dec.com
Moderator:	SSAG::TERZAN

Created:	Wed Oct 15 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6756
Total number of notes:	25276

6475.0. "Any year 2000 (Y2K) issues???" by PMESD::FRASER () Thu Mar 13 1997 20:13

    
    We in the Government space are getting many customer questions
    around the year 2000 and how our hardware and operating systems will be
    affected by Jan 1, 2000.  In looking at the various Y2k notes files
    we seem to have a handle on the OS and just recently the layered 
    products.  Now I have been asked about the firmware code within the
    HSC.  Will it rollover without a problem? These same customers are
    still using RA60/RM05 and want to know if there is anything within the
    hardware that might fail on Jan 1st.  Finally while not a specific
    question, I have heard others ask if there are any Y2K issues within
    the entire Storage Architecture such as time tagging of data by the
    architecture.  Can anyone help?
    
    Don..

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
6475.1	See also EVMS::Y2K ...	YASHAR::RONNIEB	Debt Free! Thank You, Jesus!	`Fri Mar 14 1997 06:22`	0
6475.2		SSAG::LARY	teach 10,000 stars how not to dance	`Fri Mar 14 1997 08:38`	9
	I looked at our HSJ/HSD/HSZ controllers a few months ago and determined that they do not appear to have any Y2K problems. I did not look at an HSC controller (I was in SHR, and frankly didn't know where to find one - we still have plenty of 'em in CXO, of course). However, the HSC does not perform arithmetic on time values, so if there are any Y2K problems they should be limited to "cosmetic" issues (bad dates on errorlogs and console printouts). Richie
6475.3	testing 1 2 3 ...	SSDEVO::HAMPTON	Phil Hampton, FIB Software Eng	`Fri Mar 14 1997 11:04`	6
	Furthermore, we (HSJ/D/Z/x) have a regression test that runs every night that transitions through various month/day/year "rollovers" starting at about 1998 and running through about 2005. Phil