Re: Regarding system power... -- MIDRANGE-L

Actually, the string " 000427101652" is a timestamp in the format YYMMDD101652.
The machine lost power on 00/04/27 at 10:14:33
The machine got power back on 00/02/27 at 10:16:52.
Or at least it thought it lost power. Maybe it's solar spots, I lost a power
supply in one of our NT servers today also.

Bob
MacWheel99@aol.com wrote:

> >From Al Macintyre
>
> Did you get this message pair one time, or are you getting it at midnite
> every nite?
> Do you have people working some shift that ends at midnite?
>
> We have a factory in which there is not 24 hours x 7 days shifts operating
> ... when they turn on & off the power for the building at shift change, there
> is one heck of a surge, which is not healthy for some computer peripherals
> that are on the same power supply as the main factory.
>
> Your "error" messages tell me that you have a UPS on your AS/400, which is
> still working ... everyone should have a UPS on their CPU & periodically
> check it to make sure it has the juice to do the job (battery wears out
> eventually)
>
> It is saying that the electric power from your public utility had a power
> failure at
> 00 means midnite
> 0004 is 4 minutes after midnite
> 000427 is 27 seconds later
> then there are 6 characters of time stamp detail beyond that which few people
> care about
> then the power was restored almost immediately, so it was a flicker so fast
> that most humans would not even notice it.
>
> If I was you, I would pull the manual on the UPS & refresh memory of what the
> controls mean, & make sure that it is still in proper working order
>
> We also are V4R3 but we have had variations on this on earlier OS4 versions
>
> When the public utility has a power outage, the UPS takes over ... it sends
> message to QSYSOPR that it has done so, then when the battery begins to run
> dry, actions are taken that you have preset by your WRKSYSVAL & there may be
> additional messages, and the AS/400 may do an orderly shut down.
>
> When the public utility restores external power, the UPS checks if there is
> enough battery power to have the AS/400 back up if there is to be another
> power outage almost immediately ... it recharges the battery, re-IPLs the
> AS/400, and puts some message in QSYSOPR logging when what happened ...
> assuming your WRKSYSVAL settings are fairly standard
>
> >  From:    stg_midrange_support@md.in.dsqsoft.com
> >
> >  Hello friends...
> >                  We have V4r3 machine.
> >  We are getting the message "System utility power failed at 000427101433".
> > Then it gives the message "System utility power
> >  restored at 000427101652". What is the error?.
>

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