At lunch yesterday, I was amazed to find out that
the two co-workers joining me hadn’t yet realized that daylight savings
time goes into effect this coming weekend. Of course, they aren’t
responsible for any of our company’s or clients’ IT hardware or computer
systems. Otherwise they most certainly would have been aware that
Daylight Savings Time is starting a month earlier this year due to new
US regulations.
Just in case any IT admins out there have gotten
(way) behind on their DST07 updates, here is a summary of where you can
find help for various manufacturers:
Daylight Savings Time Change (2007) Resources:
IBM Servers and Storage
- A Grid of IBM’s DST updates
Sun Microsystems
- Sun’s BigAdmin guide to DST07
HP Servers
- HP Support Document
Microsoft Servers
- Overview of Updates for Microsoft Windows OS for servers and workstations
Novell SUSE Linux Servers
- Explains how linux handles DST
Red Hat Linux Servers
- Red Hat Knowledgebase Features DST inf
Hitachi
- PDF Alert on DST for Hitachi Products
Cisco
- Summary of the various Cisco platforms effected by DST
Oracle
- Oracle’s DST FAQ
https://metalink.oracle.com/
- Available in Oracle's Metalink (for authorized users)
Blackberry
- not exactly enterprise, but included because of the sheer numbers of enterprise admins who use them
Note… Some manufacturers such as Microsoft and Sun Microsystems are
only offering patches on the latest OS offerings. Older versions can be
updated, but the cost is pretty daunting. Thus, perhaps this event
will trigger all those admins who just can’t get enough of Solaris 5, to
finally give 10 a shot.
God speed.