RE: Maintenance Windows for Networks Spanning Multiple Time Zones

["Brett L. Hawn" <brett.hawn () rcn com>]

Pardon my intrusion, but common sense tells me: at a time where you will
have the least amount of impact on the least amount of people.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]On Behalf Of
> Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 5:51 PM
> To: largo () megatokyo com
> Cc: tex () delamancha org; nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Re: Maintenance Windows for Networks Spanning Multiple Time
> Zones
>
>
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:43:29 CST, largo () megatokyo com said:
> > maintenance windows should be relative to the time zone the
> systems reside
> > in, otherwise a 2am window on the east coast, will become a 11pm job on
> > the west. It just isn't practical.
>
> That was his point.  You can't take down one end of a link during
> a 2AM window
> on the east coast and take the OTHER end down during a 2AM window
> on the west
> coast.
> --
>                               Valdis Kletnieks
>                               Operating Systems Analyst
>                               Virginia Tech