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Timezone in Maintenance window based on cluster managed OS timezone

sudhakara_katak — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 15:18:07 GMT

Dear All,

All Dynatrace Managed cluster nodes OS timezone is CST time zone. Is it possible to Change the time zone to CST as default automatically while creating maintenance window ? currently the default is UTC.

Thanks,

Sudhakar

Re: Timezone in Maintenance window based on cluster managed OS timezone

danielD — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 17:59:38 GMT

Hello,

Please let us know if the following instructions help: https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/shortlink/maintenance-window-define

I'll put the relevant step in italics:

To define a maintenance window

From the Dynatrace menu, go to Settings > Maintenance windows > Monitoring, alerting, and availability.
Select Create maintenance window.
Define a Name for the maintenance window.
optional Provide a Description of the purpose of the maintenance window.
From the Maintenance type list, select Planned or Unplanned.
Use the fields provided to define a recurrence schedule (one-time, daily, weekly, or monthly), the recurrence timeframe, and the time zone.

Re: Timezone in Maintenance window based on cluster managed OS timezone

sudhakara_katak — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 20:04:08 GMT

Hi ,

yes. we follow the same. when we open maintenance window page , the timezone is selected to UTC By default. But we want to point to CST default when the maintenance page opens as all cluster managed nodes OS timezone is CST timezone.

Thanks,

Sudhakar

Re: Timezone in Maintenance window based on cluster managed OS timezone

radek_jasinski — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 10:24:03 GMT

Hi,

You can choose CST6CDT (Central Time) - this is the same time as CST itself. (This is a bit confusing, but he verified it on the Internet;))

Radek

Re: Timezone in Maintenance window based on cluster managed OS timezone

sudhakara_katak — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:23:50 GMT

Hi,

we don't want to change time zone to CST manually each time when we create maintenance window . Is there any way to set CST time zone as default automatically as cluster nodes are running in CST time zone?

Thanks,

Sudhakar

Re: Timezone in Maintenance window based on cluster managed OS timezone

radek_jasinski — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:54:34 GMT

@sudhakara_katak

There is no such option in the GUI. On the other hand, you can set up Maintenance Window via API and there you can choose any time zone you want in the timezoneId parameter.

https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-api/environment-api/maintenance-windows#definition--MaintenanceWindowSchedule

Radek

Re: Timezone in Maintenance window based on cluster managed OS timezone

sudhakara_katak — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 19:02:27 GMT

Hi @radek_jasinski ,
Yes, we can use API . But I am wondering why it is taking default value as UTC time zone(in Maintenance window) even though application and Managed cluster nodes are running in CST time zone. it will be useful if UI is taking time zone based on cluster nodes time zone in Maintenance window page.

Thanks,

Sudhakar

Re: Timezone in Maintenance window based on cluster managed OS timezone

radek_jasinski — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 19:49:15 GMT

HI @sudhakara_katak

There is no such possibility now. You can write in Product Ideas with this idea and suggest the benefits of such a change:)

Radek

Re: Timezone in Maintenance window based on cluster managed OS timezone

Ana_Kuzmenchuk — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:40:59 GMT

Hi @sudhakara_katak, you can raise a product idea or see if there's one already in our Product Ideas sub-forum 😉

Re: Timezone in Maintenance window based on cluster managed OS timezone

jetnyyanks — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 14:03:27 GMT

submitted product idea - https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Product-ideas/Provide-Default-Maintenance-Window-Option/idi-p/220124