Now is the time for IT managers to ensure that daylight-saving time patches made in the spring are still operative on calendaring systems, desktop and server operating systems, and network infrastructure. Here is a listing of 27 vendor sites with specific DST information and remediation details that IT managers can use to ensure that systems are still up to snuff for Nov. 4, when we fall back to standard time.
Apache and Tomcat
http://blog.covalent.net/roller/covalent/entry/2
Apple
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305056
Avaya
http://support.avaya.com/japple/css/japple?PAGE=OpenPage&temp.template.name=Daylight
This is an easy-to-navigate site with links to product specific sites, including Definity and Octel communication and messaging systems. A model for DST support sites and winner of eWEEK Analysts Choice as the best company DST support site.
BlackBerry
Enterprise Server: http://www.blackberry.com/select/dst2007/
Devices: http://www.blackberry.com/DST2007/patch/index2.shtml
Blue Coat Systems
http://www.bluecoat.com/support/self-service/6/dst2k7.html
Cisco
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk648/tk362/technologies_tech_note09186a00807
ca437.shtml
This is a great, single-source document filled with links to Cisco products affected by the DST change.
Citrix
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX111734&searchID=39611352
Debian
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/system-administrator/ch-sysadmin-time.html
Enterasys
http://secure.enterasys.com/services/support/daylight_savings.html
Good (Motorola Good Technology Group)
http://www.good.com/faq/17882.html
Google Calendar
http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=61026&topic=8580
Hitachi Data Systems
http://www.hds.com/pdf/hds_dst_impact.pdf
HP
http://h10072.www1.hp.com/dst/
IBM
http://www.ibm.com/support/alerts/us/en/daylightsavingstimealert.html
Juniper
http://kb.juniper.net/KB9358
Kerberos from MIT
http://www.hds.com/pdf/hds_dst_impact.pdf
Microsoft
Outlook: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e343a233-
b9c8-4652-9dd8-ae0f1af62568&DisplayLang=en
Exchange: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb267339.aspx
Windows Server 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928388
Windows Server 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914387#appliesto
Windows XP SP2: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914387#appliesto
Windows Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cp_dst
Nortel
http://www.nortel.com and search for your product. As of 9/14/07 the main DST information page wasnt working.
Novell
Groupwise: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/18566.html
Netware servers: http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&sliceId=SAL_Public&externalId=3397648
Oracle
http://www.oracle.com/support/daylight-savings.html
Palm
http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/dst.html
Packeteer
http://packeteer.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/packeteer.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?
p_faqid=1178&p_created=1169227986&p_sid=1WoDpILi&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=
&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9N
DImcF9wcm9kcz0mcF9jYXRzPSZwX3B2PSZwX2N2PSZwX3BhZ2U9MSZwX3NlYXJjaF9
0ZXh0PWRheWxpZ2h0&p_li=&p_topview=1
Polycom
http://www.polycom.com/common/documents/support/downloads/network/
readimanager_se200_daylight_savings_time_patch_release_notes.pdf
Only notes for the ReadiManager SE200.
Red Hat
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_80_7909.shtm
Sun
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Intl/USDST/
VMware
Official: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US
&cmd=displayKC&externalId=8695824
Unofficial: http://www.vmwarewolf.com/daylight-saving-time-extension/
Xerox
http://www.xerox.com/go/xrx/portal/STServlet?projectID=ST_DST&pageID=
DST_Landing&Xcntry=USA&Xlang=en_US
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