Good point. I used to admin an AS/400 way back in the day (V1R3) and I had to remember to reset the clock at the beginning and end of DST. I'd hope that by now IBM would have made that automatic.
Jeff Lightner wrote: >It's probably because Java is advertised as being platform independent. >If you had a compile for an OS that didn't do DST (OS400 maybe?) it >would be nice if the Java did. However for most of us it's a bit of a >pain. I wasn't even aware of this Java TZ stuff until we got the notice >from HP sometime back that specifically mentioned Java. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack >Forester, Jr. >Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:03 PM >To: Veritas List >Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup and New Daylight Saving Time Rules > >I guess I didn't phrase my question very well, as we are testing the >Java update as well. I wrote a little perl script so I could identify >all of the installed JREs on my servers. Any time we do patches or >updates, I always worry that we've overlooked something small but >critical that will break things in a major way. I tend to follow the >philosophy that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. > >I wonder why Sun gave Java the ability to do DST rather than using the >functionality of the underlying OS. > >Mike L. Varney wrote: > > > >>Sun distibutes Java separately from the Solaris OS patches - - you need >> >> >to > > >>go to java.sun.com and download the newer JRE / JDK and install it. >> >> >It's > > >>actually very easy to do. >> >>I believe what Jack's asking though is if the Java update is necessary, >> >> >as > > >>updating Java on a server can have other impacts, especially if there's >> >> >an > > >>Application Server on it. As far as I know, the Java components are >> >> >only > > >>the Admin GUI and the Backup & Restore GUI. The rest of NetBackup is >>distubuted in binary form. >> >>That being said, I've always kept our JREs up to date, especially on >> >> >those > > >>mission critical servers. >> >>-- M >> >> >> >> >>"Jeff Lightner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>01/10/2007 12:44 PM >> >>To >>"Jack Forester, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Veritas List" >><veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu> >>cc >> >>Subject >>Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup and New Daylight Saving Time Rules >> >> >> >> >> >> >>HP when it sent notification for the OS patches also sent notification >>for the need to update Java including a TZupdater tool for HP-UX. >>Surprising they'd have a way to do the update and Sun who wrote Java >>wouldn't. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack >>Forester, Jr. >>Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:12 PM >>To: Veritas List >>Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup and New Daylight Saving Time Rules >> >>This isn't something I've seen discussed here in recent memory, but >> >> >it's > > >>something we're working on right now. The new Daylight Saving Time >>rules for the US take effect this year and we're wondering if anybody >>has investigated the impact to NetBackup. We've been testing our OS >>patches and they appear to work, but Sun brought something to our >>attention -- Java does its own DST conversion and needs to be updated. >>Veritas has assured us that NetBackup will be fine as long as we have >>the OS patches installed, but I'm curious about the bits done in Java. >>My feeling is that the Java stuff doesn't do any date/time critical >>operations and will probably be fine even if we don't update the JRE. >> >>Any thoughts? >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Jack L. Forester, Jr. UNIX Systems Administrator, Stf Lockheed Martin Information Technology (304) 625-3946 _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu