Another point for some 5.x environments. We are running ESP's License Monitor Plus but not with our dev server. Will keep an eye on it if it needs restarts and take into account the impact on stats that it collects. We don't have any automated license juggling based on it to worry about.
If we aren't upgraded by Oct/Nov this stuff will raise its head again. My Oracle DBA isn't worried about 9i patching. It looks like the timestamp field types are impacted and there is a timezone table after version 8. The benefit to the hassle of patching everything, involving Unix sysadmin and Oracle DBA and yourself, is being able to put DST to rest as an issue and just to avoid confessing to all your customers that you aren't patched to deal with it twice per year. ann ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ A. R. Kosch Special Projects/Analyst Remedy ARS Administrator/Coordinator [EMAIL PROTECTED] 785-532-4933 Kansas State University Computing and Telecommunications Services On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:03:27 -0500, A R Kosch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >We are using ARS 5.1.2 and Mid-Tier 6.3 on Solaris 8. Solaris is patched >for DST already. > >I'm trying to make sure I'm understanding everything about DST and this mix >because I'm not convinced an "hour off" for a month matters for us. This >isn't Y2K all over again; done that. > >According to the DST Product alert, the consequences for not mitigating for >DST changes under ARS 5.1.2 are "Web Services and Import/Export time >calculations will be off by 1 hour". We don't use these things in a way >that it would matter. No mention of Java specifics in that table for ARS >5.1.2. > >Also, the Mid-Tier 6.3 will be off an hour. Looking at patch 20, java then >needs patching. > >Given how simply we use Remedy Help Desk and lite Change, I can't see why >this makes much difference. Web client customers don't take an hour-by-hour >view; it isn't that granular for them. Also, in April the old DST rules >kick in and the difference should be corrected. Right? So, some things >will be off for web client activities by an hour for a month.... > >I don't mind patching Mid-Tier 6.3 to patch 20, although I'd like some >reassurance that it will work with unsupported ARS 5.1.2. That seems risky >for other reasons. > >I've asked my unix sys admin about moving the dev server clock to March 10 >to follow Remedy through the change and to test the clients. > >I wish we weren't stuck at ARS 5.1.2 but I've no support yet for hardware to >be otherwise. We may even survive Vista, IE7, and DST but something will >get us eventually. > >I really appreciate all the time people have taken to post information about >this and other issues. Maybe if someone else was considering being ornery >about riding this out, this will help the process. > >Cheers, >Ann Kosch >~*~ ~*~ ~*~ >Ann R Kosch >Special Projects/Analyst >Remedy ARS Administrator/Coordinator >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >785-532-4933 >Kansas State University >Computing and Telecommunications Services >Web Technologies section > >_______________________________________________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" >========================================================================= _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
