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The Question is: 1) we have vax 4000/90A machine using as server with 3 hard disks, (RZ25A and RZ26)with VMS loaded in DKA200: when the system is running the errors of the hard disk are increasing and after some it is booting on its own. Initially I suspected power supp ly, but it is not so. Can you advise me what could be problem and how to see what causing the errors in the disk and how to fix the problem. 2) If the screen is frozen (for the same type of machine (used as server), but not the above machine and the monitor connected directly to that) what are different ways other than shutting down the server. 3) Is it required that the hard disk is to be formatted once in certain period and reload all programs? 4) If any machine (VAX 4000/60, VAX 4000/90)started once in a while (say once in a month) whether it is advisable for any machine to keep some time idle (because of much redundancy)? environmental conditions are good. Can you please advise me in this reg ard? The Answer is :
1: Please contact your hardware support organization -- this could
be most anything from a CPU problem to memory problem to a SCSI
problem to a disk problem.
This does not appear to be an OpenVMS-specific problem, this
appears to be a hardware problem.
2: Details on the particular problem causing the windows to be
frozen would be interesting. DECwindows version, DECwindows
ECO level, OpenVMS ECO level, hardware errors, etc., would
all be interesting.
Please consult with the Compaq Customer Support Center.
3: Nope, you would be confusing OpenVMS with some other operating
system. Complete OpenVMS system disk reloads are commonly
needed only after a central failure of the storage hardware.
There are occasions when a reinstallation of OpenVMS can be
desirable, particularly when there is no clear idea of what
is installed, what needs to be installed, and what sort of
customizations have occured -- the most common example of this:
when an OpenVMS system is bought, sold, or otherwise transfered.
4: No clue. If a system is not connected to power for a sufficiently
long interval, certain system settings (eg: time) can be lost.
The system should function normally.
The particular system can also potentially be configured into an
OpenVMS Cluster with the other local system(s), and thus the
system off-line time can be reduced -- the general usefulness
of any powered-up system is obviously better than that of a
system that is powered down. (And a hardware or configuration
failure to a system that is powered up and running applications
is far more likely to be noticed than an in a system that is
powered down.)
Note that frequent power and thermal cycling can potentially
reduce component lifetime. Whether or not you see any adverse
affects as a result is outside the scope of the OpenVMS Wizard.
Please consult with your hardware service organization.
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