> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:16 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: External Timer Source without STP on a Z9 > >
<snip> > > My informant says otherwise: When you activate an LPAR it > will resync its > TOD to the CEC TOD. After that, any STP/ETR-induced changes > to the CEC > TOD are invisible to the partition unless it explicitly enables to be > notified of TOD changes. z/OS will do that. z/VM won't. > (And, right, > IPL does not resync the TOD.) > > Alan Altmark Either that is new, or I totally misread the books back when I was reading about this. OK, that was on a 9672 <grin>. But it is very good to know. I'll check it out on my sandbox. My HMC clock is off by a couple of minutes. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html