System information

VNX™ System Operations62 of 114 Release 7.0
Set the time zone of the VNX
You can update the time zone information on the Data Mover by using simple and
decipherable strings that correspond to the time zones available in the Control
Station. You can also update the daylight savings time on the Data Mover for the
specified time zone.
Set Data Mover or blade time zone manually
Change Control Station time zone using the CLI
Action
To set the time zone on a Data Mover using the Linux time zone method, use this command
syntax:
$ server_date <movername> timezone -name <timezonename>
where:
<movername> = name of the Data Mover
<timezonename> = a Linux style time zone specification
Note: A list of valid Linux time zones is located in the /usr/share/zoneinfo directory.
Example:
To set the time zone to Central Time and adjust the daylight savings time for a Data Mover by
using the Linux method, type:
$ server_date server_2 timezone -name America/Chicago
Output
server_2 : done
Step Action
1. Log in to the Control Station as root.
2. To verify the current environment, type:
# date
Output:
Tue May 5 08:14:20 EDT 2009
3. Display information about the current time zone of the Control Station by typing:
# ls -la /etc/localtime
Output:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Mar 20 09:57 /etc/localtime ->
/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York