Yes sure, it is for the gaming industry, time based games/draws and availability flags for certain games/products. Also day end processing. A ton of stuff really.. On Mar 23, 2015 3:04 PM, "Garrett D'Amore" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Out of curiosity, can you share why running in a different time was > important for you? It does strike me that we could probably build support > for this in the OS — changing the base offset at any rate, if there is a > compelling justification for it. > > - Garrett > > On Mar 22, 2015, at 6:19 PM, Peter Toth <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just a quick report back on this, for now I have managed to build a KVM > SmartOS instance and provision zones into it - it works like a charm. > On top of this I was able to just image the original zones in SDC and > point the virtual KVM SmartOS to look for images in SDC. > > Deploy the same SDC images and test them with time changes within KVM. > > I am amazed how straightforward this was! > > P > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Peter Toth <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> That's a very interesting one! Compiled it up on SmartOS and >> unfortunately core dumps. >> I am going to try it on a Linux box to verify whether it will work for >> our applications (tomcat, nginx, php-fpm). >> >> If it fails then I will try to set up a separate SmartOS box just for the >> time related tests... >> >> Thanks heaps! >> P >> >> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Scott McWhirter < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> There's also libfaketime, if it's just for a few processes. >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Peter Toth via smartos-discuss < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Garrett, yes it needs to be a totally different time and SmartOS >>>> operating system. >>>> Seems that my only option is to build a KVM SmartOS machine (SmartOS >>>> inside SmartOS KVM). >>>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Garrett D'Amore <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> You can change the timezone (offset) but the global clock can only be >>>>> changed in the global zone. >>>>> >>>>> If you have some particular need to run in a totally different time >>>>> you can use kvm. The clock will still tick in synch with the global zone >>>>> but you can set any base time you like. This cannot be done in a native >>>>> zone. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 19, 2015, at 12:39 PM, Peter Toth via smartos-discuss < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> Is anyone aware of any method to fake/change time in a SmartOS zone >>>>> (non-global zone)? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> P >>>>> *smartos-discuss* | Archives >>>>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> >>>>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/22103350-51080293> >>>>> | Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>>>> <http://www.listbox.com/> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> *smartos-discuss* | Archives >>>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> >>>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/22984186-fca9c571> >>>> | Modify >>>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> >>>> Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com/> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
