Isilon: Web UI appears to display the incorrect time zone for snapshot schedules
Summary: The OneFS Web Users Interface (Web UI) appears to display the incorrect time zone for snapshot schedules.
Symptoms
When viewing the snapshot schedules from the Web UI, the "Next Run" and "Pending" columns may not reflect the configured time zone of the cluster. (Data Protection --> SnapshotIQ --> Snapshot Schedules)
Cause
The Web UI is displaying the client machine's time zone rather than the cluster's time zone.
In the example below, the cluster is set to the UTC/GMT time zone.
View the cluster time zone from the Command Line:
# isi time timezone view Abbreviation: UTC Path: GMT
However, when looking at the snapshot schedules in the Web UI, this is seen:
The local client's time zone in this example is US Central Daylight Time (CDT) and is displayed under the "Next Run" and "Pending" columns.
If the client's time zone is changed, observe that the Web UI also changes.
New client time zone:
Once the Web UI is refreshed, the snapshot schedules then match the new time zone configuration of the client.
Resolution
This is not an issue, but an intentional design of the Web UI. This was done so that remote administrators in differing time zones can adjust snapshot schedules without having to manually compensation for time zone differences.