UTC-F-DTSS, Can not set the TDFwithout the Time while DTSS is active.

[Ron Maillet]

Swing and a miss, strike three!

I have a server that runs two applications.
One application (which is production) runs ONLY on local time.
The other application runs only on GMT time.
Thus during these time events, I have to shut down the second application, reset the local time (per app 1), reset the time zone, restart the second application.

However I cannot reset the time zone:


[ strike 1] In SYLOGICALS.COM:

$ DEFINE/SYSTEM/NOLOG NET$DISABLE_DTSS 1

[strike 2] I have added the following lines to SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM

$ MCR NCL DISABLE DTSS
$ MCR NCL DELETE DTSS

[strike 3] I have edited the NET$DTSS_CLERK_STARTUP.NCL to show the following lines (commented out):

!!!!!!!!!! CREATE DTSS TYPE CLERK
!!!!!!!!!! ENABLE DTSS SET CLOCK TIME

The system HAS been restarted since these edits have been made. From what I have read so far, any one, two
or three of these should work.

Yet, when I try to run the UTC$TIME_SETUP, I ***still*** get:

UTC-F-DTSS Can not set the TDF without the Time while DTSS is active.

So, I would like do one of two things. Either I would like to

(a) neuter DTSS so I won't have the UTC-F-DTSS error come up when I use the UTC$TIME_SETUP, or
(b) have DTSS say something other than

NCL-E-CMLSENDFAILED, error sending command request
-CML-E-EMAAPROB, error returned from VMS EMA agent
-NCL-E-ENTCLSNOTSUPP, entity class not supported

so that I can at least try to configure/disable DTSS.

I have a monitoring application down while the timezone offset is incorrect.

thanks...

-Ron-

[Ian Miller.]

what version of VMS and DECnet and are you up to date with the TDF patches ?

[Walter Miller_1]

Check out this link:

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/asktima/communications/CHAMP_SRC961028006078.html

Walter