thank you all for the advises, The point for that message was to alert people for such phenomenon. Once you know, there are number of solution.
Of course, avoiding 1:00-3:00 window seems pretty easy :) cheers, -- Kostadin On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Daniel Companeetz <dcomp...@berkeley.edu> wrote: > I know your pain, but you do not need to endure it. > > > > For those jobs that are more critical than others, or for those that are > more important than others (if not all), enterprise grade scheduling tools > should be used. > > > > At UC Berkeley, our team provides a service to schedule jobs and file > transfers that is available to the all UC teams for use. > > > > If you are interested in having your jobs scheduled or file transfers > executed through the PCSSC tool, please visit our page to learn more about > us, or send me a note and I can put you in touch with the right people. > > > > Cron is a choice that you always have, but we provide 24x7 monitoring, and > other services that may help you sleep (instead of manage job failures > through Daylight Saving Times)! > > > > Happy Scheduling! > > > > Daniel Companeetz > > Production Control Systems Administrator - Lead Architect > > *Infrastructure Services, IS&T* > > *UCB/UCOP/UCSF/UCPath* > > *2195 Hearst Avenue #330B* > > *Berkeley, CA 94720 * > > *Office: +1 (510) 664-7480 <%2B1%20%28510%29%20664-7480>* > > *Cell: +1 (510) 725-1790 <%2B1%20%28510%29%20725-1790>* > > *email: daniel.compane...@berkeley.edu <daniel.compane...@berkeley.edu>* > > http://ist.berkeley.edu/is/platforms/pcssc > > *Scheduled Unavailability: **3/19/16 – 3/26/16* > > * 4/27/16 – 5/1/16* > > > > *From:* micronet-list-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: > micronet-list-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Kostadin Ilov > *Sent:* Monday, March 14, 2016 1:29 PM > *To:* micronet-list@lists.berkeley.edu > *Subject:* [Micronet] DST and Cron/At jobs > > > > Most of you probably are aware of this phenomenon, so I apologize for > the spam. > > However, some of you might not and it is important to know and do plan for > it. > > > > As you know, US and most of the world do change time to save money, called > DayLightSaving. > > Soon, in California we may take this not so sure saving away, but until > then, let be prepared. > > > > The problem arise when automatic jobs are scheduled via cron or at ( or > other task scheduler) on Sundays, between 2:00 and 3:00 ( and 1:00 - 2:00 ). > > When DST occurs, the time is changed and all jobs in these intervals will > be skipped (or repeated). > > - spring (forward) - no jobs will run if scheduled between 2:00 and 3:00 > > - autumn (back) - double run of all jobs scheduled between 1:00 and 2:00 > > > > Happy croning.. > > > > > > -- > > Kostadin Ilov > > Systems Administrator (ASPIRE) > a: UCB/EECS, 440/575 Soda Hall > e: ki...@eecs.berkeley.edu > parlab-supp...@eecs.berkeley.edu > t: +1(510)643-3751 > > > -- Kostadin Ilov Systems Administrator (ASPIRE) a: UCB/EECS, 440/575 Soda Hall e: ki...@eecs.berkeley.edu parlab-supp...@eecs.berkeley.edu t: +1(510)643-3751
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