System resetting to default Date & Time -- MIDRANGE-L

FYI

Several months ago there was a discussion of problems caused when the
system date & time on a RISC processor AS/400 was reset to the default
(1928/08/23) after power had been lost to the control panel (usually
after a service action).  If a manual IPL was done the date/time were
cleared and you were forced to enter them.  But on a normal IPL the
system would come up with the default date/time.
With these PTF's (already on cum packages) the system will force a
manual IPL if it has reset to the default date/time.
(Unfortunately, there does not appear to be a PTF for either V3R6 or
V3R7).

PTF List:
  Release 410   : SF42278 available 97/07/22 (7217 )
  Release 414   : SF45311 available 97/12/04 (1000 )

APAR Identifier ...... SA66023       Last Changed..97/12/04  
  IPL-INCORROUT DATE AND TIME ALLOWED TO DEFAULT ON IPL
 
   Symptom ...... IN INCORROUT         Status ........... CLOSED  PER
  Severity ................... 2      Date Closed ......... 97/07/16
  Component .......... 5769SS100      Duplicate of ........
  Reported Release ......... 410      Fixed Release ............ 999
  Component Name 5769 BASE V4         Special Notice
  Current Target Date ..              Flags
  SCP ...................
  Platform ............
 
  Status Detail: SHIPMENT - Packaged solution is available for shipment.
 
  PTF List:
  Release 410   : SF42278 available 97/07/22 (7217 )
  Release 414   : SF45311 available 97/12/04 (1000 )
 
   ERROR DESCRIPTION:
  The Time of Day (TOD) defaults back to the system default
  instead of being set at the TOD that was being used by the
  system before the last IPL.  This usually happens after a
  service action such as replacement of an MFIOP, System Control
  Panel, or any other hardware action that requires the power to
  TOD clock to be lost.  These failures happen on V3R6.0 and
  V3R7.0 levels of RISC code.
 
  PROBLEM SUMMARY:
  When a customer changes their hardware configuration, such as
  replacing an IOP like the service processor, the system date
  gets defaulted.  The system should be IPLed in MANUAL mode to
  set the date, but this is not a requirement.  It is possible for
  the customer to IPL in NORMAL mode, and have a corrupted system
  date on their machine.
 
  When the system date is defaulted, it gets set to August 23,
  1928.  Some of the problems customers can see are scheduled jobs
  which fail to run, applications containing an incorrect date
  field, profiles with expired passwords and expired license keys.
 
  If the system date is lost and an IPL occurs, on a MANUAL or
  attended IPL, the date and time fields are cleared on the IPL
  options panel and the customer is forced to enter a valid date
  in order to continue the IPL.  This is how it works today.  On a
  NORMAL or unattended IPL, the system will now force the IPL into
  a MANUAL or attended IPL.  This is new.  When this occurs, the
  system will sit at the initial SIGNON screen waiting for the
  customer to continue the IPL, and then will see all other normal
  screens associated with a MANUAL or attended IPL.  A message
  will be sent to QHST and QSYSOPR explaining what happened to the
  IPL and it is MSGCPF095A with the following text:
 
  Message . . . . :   IPL changed from unattended to attended mode
 
  Cause . . . . . :   The start operating system function has been
  changed from unattended to attended because the system date was
  set to the default.
 
  Recovery  . . . :   Enter a new system date on the IPL options
  screen.  The system date was set to the default.  The IPL was
  changed from unattended to attended to allow a new system date
  to be entered.
 
  On an install, the customer is already required to provide a
  date and time, and the system date and time are updated.  There
  are no changes required for an install.
 
  PROBLEM CONCLUSION:
  The system will not allow an unattended IPL after the system
  date has been set to the default.
 
... Neil Palmer                                     AS/400~~~~~      
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