System information

VNX™ System Operations66 of 114 Release 7.0
Set the date and time of the VNX
To set the date and time of a Control Station or a Data Mover or blade:
◆ "Set Control Station date and time" on page 66
◆ "Set Data Mover or blade date and time" on page 66
Set Control Station date and time
You must log in as root to perform this operation.
Set Data Mover or blade date and time
You can customize the display of the date and time on a Data Mover or blade by
using the server_date command. Configuring Time Services on VNX provides
additional information on time services.
Action
To set the date and time for a Control Station, use this command syntax:
# date -s “<hh:mm mm/dd/yy>”
where:
<hh:mm mm/dd/yy> = time and date format
Example:
To set the date and time to 2:40 P.M. on July 2, 2005, type:
# date -s "14:40 07/02/05"
Output Note
Sat Jul 2 14:40:00 EDT 2005 To view the output, type date.
Action
To set the current date and time for a Data Mover or blade, use this command syntax:
$ server_date <movername> <yymmddhhmm> [<ss>]
where:
<movername> = name of the Data Mover or blade
<yymmddhhmm> [<ss>] = where <yy> is the year; the first <mm> is the month; <dd> is the day;
<hh> is the hour (in 24-hour system); and the second <mm> is the minute, and <ss> is the second.
Example:
To set the date and time on server_2 to July 4, 2005, 10:30 A.M., type:
$ server_date server_2 0507041030
Output
server_2 : done