When your CommCell is spread across several time zones, a schedule on a schedule policy can run using one of the following time zones:
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CommServe time zone
For example, a job schedule configured to run on the first Monday of every month at 4:00 PM on the CommServe computer's time zone will run as follows for the associated clients in 3 different time zones:
Component
Time Zone
Local time for the schedule
CommServe: New York
Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada)
4:00 PM EST
Client Computer A: Chicago
Central Standard Time (US & Canada)
3:00 PM CST
Client Computer B: Salt Lake City
Mountain Standard Time (US & Canada)
2:00 PM MST
Client Computer C: Los Angeles
Pacific Standard Time (US & Canada)
1:00 PM PST
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Client computers time zones
For example, a job schedule associated with 3 clients, spread across 3 different time zones and configured to run on the first Monday of every month at 4:00 PM will run as follows:
Component
Time Zone
Local time for the schedule
CommServe: New York
Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada)
4:00 PM EST
Client Computer A: Chicago
Central Standard Time (US & Canada)
4:00 PM CST
Client Computer B: Salt Lake City
Mountain Standard Time (US & Canada)
4:00 PM MST
Client Computer C: Los Angeles
Pacific Standard Time (US & Canada)
4:00 PM PST
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Other specific time zone
For example, a job schedule associated with 3 clients, spread across 3 different time zones and configured to run on the first Monday of every month at 4:00 PM Mountain Standard Time will run as follows:
Component
Time Zone
Local time for the schedule
CommServe: New York
Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada)
6:00 PM EST
Client Computer A: Chicago
Central Standard Time (US & Canada)
5:00 PM CST
Client Computer B: Salt Lake City
Mountain Standard Time (US & Canada)
4:00 PM MST
Client Computer C: Los Angeles
Pacific Standard Time (US & Canada)
3:00 PM PST
Procedure
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From the CommCell Browser, go to Policies > Schedule Policies.
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From the Schedule Policies pane on the right, right-click the schedule_policy and click Edit.
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From the Tasks section of the schedule_policy dialog box, select the schedule and click Edit.
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From the schedule_policy_type Options dialog box, click Options.
You may need to scroll to the bottom of the dialog box to see the Options button.
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From the Advanced Schedule Options dialog box, choose the time zone from the Time Zone list:
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To run schedules based on the CommServe time zone, select CommServe Time Zone.
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To run schedules based on the time zone associated with the client computers, select Client Time Zone.
Client Time Zone is available for data protection schedule policies.
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To run schedules based on a specific time zone, select the desired time zone.
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Click OK to close the Advanced Schedule Options dialog box.
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Click OK to close the <Schedule Policy Type> Options dialog box.
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Click OK.