Re: 170 - Power it off or keep it powered on?

Jerry Adams wrote:

Bonnie,

I've heard that somewhere along the line (forget which VxR it was), but think it was V4) that if the system was not powered on after so many days (30? 60?) that, when you did power it on it said something about the license was expired. You can set up a power on/off schedule (GO POWER) to automatically bring it up for , say, 30 minutes and then power itself off on a regular basis. (And, if it's sitting in someone else's office, you might schedule this in the middle of some day just for kicks and grins - otherwise late at night should do.)

IIRC, the system password (key) has always been around (V1+), but not enforced till V2R3. 70 days is what I remember, but it's possible the expiration period may not be fixed or has changed with different version/releases.

I got a V5R2 170 that I power up every other week. So far no problems.
V3/V4 150s are apparently exempt.


Keith