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VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802306-BG: Daylight Saving Time Update

Details

Release Date: 3/10/08
Document Last Updated: 3/10/08

 

Download Size:
334 KB
Download Filename:
ESX350-200802306-BG.zip
md5sum:
6e9230e521fec6cba83e9abe7e86cc0a

Product Versions ESX Server 3.5
Patch Classification General
Supersedes ESX350-200712406-BG
Requires ESX350-200802403-BG
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required Yes
ESX Server Host Reboot Required Yes
PRs Fixed 219893
Affected Hardware N/A
Affected Software Unknown
RPMs Included tzdata-2007h-1.el3
Related CVE numbers N/A


Summary

This patch includes an updated tzdata RPM that provides time zone rule updates for the following regions:

  • Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, and Pike counties in Indiana switched from Central Standard Time (CST) to Eastern Standard Time (EST) in November 2007.
  • South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales are changing the Daylight Saving Time rules for 2008.
  • Several Antarctic stations' rules were not properly updated to account for the change to the New Zealand Daylight Saving Time rules.
  • Brazil will observe Daylight Saving Time from October 14, 2007 to February 17, 2008.
  • Egypt and Gaza switched to Daylight Saving Time on September 7, 2007 and not on September 24, 2007.
  • Iran resumes Daylight Saving Time 2008.
  • Venezuela is scheduled to change time zone to GMT-04:30 on January 1, 2008.

Solution

Symptoms

There are no symptoms for this patch.

Deployment Considerations

Patch bundle ESX350-200802403-BG must be installed prior to installing this patch. The esxupdate utility will check to ensure ESX350-200802403-BG is installed before proceeding with installation of this patch.

Patch Download and Installation

For information on using VMware Update Manager to automatically update ESX Server 3.5 hosts, see the VMware Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using Update Manager to download and install patches.

To update ESX Server 3.5 hosts when not using Update Manager, download the most recent patch bundle from http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches_35.html and install the bundle using the esxupdate tool from the command line of the host. For more information on using esxupdate to manage patches on ESX Server 3.5 hosts, see the ESX Server 3 Patch Management Guide.

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  • KB Article: 1003209
  • Updated: Apr 2, 2009
  • Products:
    VMware ESX
  • Product Versions:
    VMware ESX 3.5.x