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Re: Y2K Hiccup?

1998-09-22 09:53:16
Subject: Re: Y2K Hiccup?
From: Doug Thorneycroft <dthorneycroft AT LACSD DOT ORG>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 06:53:16 -0700
Warren: If your server date was changed, you should check to see
if you have any inactive files left. If expiration processing ran,
it would have based expiration on Feb 28, 2000. You might need to
reload your database from before the date change.

Mathew Warren wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> We had a little hiccup with Y2K tests a couple of days ago that resulted 
> (maybe) in a little strange behaviour from ADSM.
>
> ADSM was running quite happily (v2.1.5.18, AIX 4.2, RS6000). A Box on the 
> network was having some Y2K tests done on it and due to some simple oversight 
> (nobody realised that it was keeping all of the other RS6000's clocks in sync 
> with its own, apparently) When the date was set to 28/2/2000 23:45:00, all of 
> the other RS6000's suddenly decided to change there date too.n (Fun! Fun Fun!)
>
> >From what I remember this caused ADSM to lose its activity log records, 
> >event status etc..
>
> After a couple of days I noticed that the activity log retention had changed 
> from 14 days to 1 day. Nothing else seems to have been altered by the date 
> jump, just the actlogretention period.
>
> We have only 1 live server at the moment that cant be bought down, I was 
> wondering if this is an effect that was known about or if anyone can 
> reproduce it.
>
> Matthew.
>
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