using logadm (Solaris) with Hobbit

[Dominique Frise <Dominique.Frise (at) unil.ch>]

Hi all,

If you are using logadm for log files rotation where you restart your Hobbit 
server, you may end up with your server using -partially- UTC instead of your 
local timezone.

One noticeable effect is that the TIME settings in hobbit-alerts.cfg will not 
be handled correctly. For example alarms will be sent when they should not.
The time shift -two hours for us- can be seen if you compare the 
notifications.log and the event history log.

To correct this, you can set the correct timezone before the command for 
restarting Hobbit in /etc/logadm.conf or set TZ in the start/stop script of hobbit.


Hope this helps.


Dominique
UNIL - University of Lausanne