using logadm (Solaris) with Hobbit

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