Why does the SET TIME command fail? Help managing DTSS?
If you try to set the system time with the SET TIME command, and see one of the following messages: %SET-E-NOTSET, error modifying time -SYSTEM-F-IVSSRQ, invalid system service request %SET-E-NOTSET, error modifying time -SYSTEM-E-TIMENOTSET, time service enabled; enter a time service command to update the time This occurs if the time on the local system is controlled by a time service software, for example the distributed time service software (DTSS) provided as part of the DECnet-Plus installation. The DTSS software communicates with one or more time servers to obtain the current time. It entirely controls the local system time (for DECnet-Plus, there is a process named DTSS$CLERK for this); therefore, the usage of the SET TIME command (and the underlying $SETTIM system service) is disabled. The first message is displayed on systems running DECnet-Plus V6.1 and earlier. On systems with newer DECnet-Plus software, the second (and more informative) message is given. 4-22 Time and Timek