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Solution Type Problem Resolution Sure Solution 1017715.1 : Why does the system show date stamps of "Dec 31 19:00:00" when rebooting?
PreviouslyPublishedAs 228924 Symptoms When looking at the /var/adm/messages file after a reboot, the system is logging with dates starting back to Dec 31 19:00:00 and it then goes back to the correct date. Why is this happening? Example: Jun 22 15:54:39 hostname syslogd: going down on signal 15 Jun 22 15:54:57 hostname genunix: [ID 672855 kern.notice] syncing file systems... Jun 22 15:55:01 hostname genunix: [ID 904073 kern.notice] done Dec 31 19:00:05 hostname genunix: [ID 540533 kern.notice] SunOS Release 5.9 Version Generic_117171-02 64-bit ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Dec 31 19:00:05 hostname genunix: [ID 943905 kern.notice] Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Resolution You will see this behavior, if you have added the following entry in the /etc/system file of the server as a workaround of a TOD problem or in some timing issues: set tod_broken = 1 Every second Solaris[TM] kernel checks the difference between the hardware TOD Therefore, if the hardware TOD was suddenly broken and the system has To confirm whether the hardware TOD works fine or not, Example: If the hardware TOD does NOT work fine, then the customer should replace Additional Information Please note: The time stamp will vary due to the offset from GMT. In this example there is a 5 hour offset from GMT. So it gives 19:00 as the hour. Product Sun Fire V890 Server Sun Fire V880z Visualization Server Sun Fire V880 Server Sun Fire V490 Server Sun Fire V480 Server Sun Fire V440 Server Sun Fire 280R Server Sun Enterprise 250 Server Sun Enterprise 220R Server Sun Blade 2500 Workstation Sun Blade 2000 Workstation Sun Blade 1500 Workstation Internal Comments Audited/updated 11/09/09 - [email protected], Entry Level SPARC Content Team TOD, date, dec31, /etc/system, tod_broken Previously Published As 81620 Change History Date: 2005-10-24 User Name: 71396 Action: Approved Comment: Performed final review of article. No changes required. Publishing. Version: 13 Date: 2005-10-24 User Name: 71396 Action: Accept Comment: Version: 0 Attachments This solution has no attachment |
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