Nagios DST bug and upcoming DST-time switch in Europe

[Ton Voon]

On 9 Mar 2010, at 08:19, Mark Elsen wrote:

> Nagios 3.2.0
> --------------------
>
> - By the end of the month, Europe will switch to DST.
>   Will I be affected by the Nagios DST-BUG which , which results in
> NAGIOS becoming
>   dis-functional ?
>
> Which countermeasures can I take to prevent being struck by this  
> problem ?
>

The bug, which stops all Nagios monitoring for 24 hours, occurs when  
"time moves backwards". This does not happen when "time moves  
forward". However, any other timeperiods (such as 09:00-17:00) maybe  
incorrect by an hour, which is obviously not as serious. This is true  
for Nagios 3.2.0.

Ton


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