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DST - Daylight Saving Time Compatibility Info

The TONE SOFTWARE Technical Services Team has reviewed all TONE products to assess the possible impact of the upcoming changes to Daylight Saving Time (DST).

The following matrix provides DST compatibility information for all TONE products:

Product DST Compatibility Modifications Required

ReliaTel - All Releases

For ReliaTel Servers, the Operating System and Java patches for DST must be installed.

Operating System Patches:

For operating system patches for Red Hat Linux, please visit the link:
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_80_7909.shtm

For operating system patches for Solaris, please visit the link:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/patch-access

Java Runtime Environment Patches:

For ReliaTel Java clients, an update to the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is required.

For more information on the JAVA DST patch visit: http://java.sun.com/javase/tzupdater_README.html

The JRE version that supports the change in Daylight Saving Time is 1.4.2.13. It can be downloaded from Sun at: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
(select J2SE v1.4.2_13 JRE).

How to install Java patch for DST changes?
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1. Download the file:
ftp://ftp.tonesoft.com/pub/rlt/tzupdater.jar

2. Login as root and run the following commands:
# . /etc/ems
# ${JAVAVM} -jar tzupdater.jar -u
# ${JAVAVM} -jar tzupdater.jar -t

3. Switch to user rlt or ems and restart Java service:
$ inhibit-system Java
$ allow-system Java

CompuLert - All Releases

For CompuLert servers, the operating system patch for DST must be installed.

For operating system patches for Red Hat Linux, please visit the link:
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_80_7909.shtm

For operating system patches for Solaris, please visit the link:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/patch-access

OMC-PRINT - All Releases

No modifications are required.

OMC-TCP/IP - All Releases

No modifications are required.

OMC-VNI - All Releases

No modifications are required.

OMC-VIEW - All Releases

No modifications are required.

OMC-FLASH JES2 and JES3 - All Releases

No modifications are required.

OMC-Report - All Releases

No modifications are required.

DYNA-STEP - All Releases

No modifications are required.

DYNA-LOC - All Releases

No modifications are required.

DYNA-PROC - All Releases

No modifications are required.

ACC - All Releases

No modifications are required.

DCC-Compact - All Releases

No modifications are required.

SYBRIDGE - All Releases

No modifications are required.

Should you experience DST issues with your TONE product, please
do one of the following:

As always, the TONE Technical Services Team stands ready to assist our valued clients with all technical TONE product issues that may arise. Thank You!