It is very important to remember that changes to your S87xx media servers should always be done on the standby server, not the active server. That being said, this is the proceedure I follow for changing the time:
Connecting to the Maintenance Web Interface of the Standby Server
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[li]Log into the
Integrated Management consule by entering the IP address or DNS hostname for the media server cluster.[/li]
[li]Select the [red]"Launch Maintenance Web Interface"[/red] option.[/li]
[li]On the Maintenance Web Pages site, select "Status Summary" from the Server section.[/li]
[li]Determine which server is the active server. This should be the server you are currently connected to. To verify this, look at the [red]"This Server:"[/red] entry on the top right hand side of the page.[/li]
[li]Switch to the Duplicate Server by clicking on the server's name on the top right hand side of the page.[/li]
[li]Log into the standby server and select [red]"Launch Maintenance Web Interface"[/red].[/li]
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Changing the Time on the Standby Server
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[li]Select the [red]"Server Date/Time"[/red] option from the Server section.[/li]
[li]Enter the new date and time, verify the time zxone setting, and click on the [red]"Submit"[/red] button[/li]
[li]Once the change has completed, you will need to make the same change on the other server.[/li]
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Interchanging the Servers and Switching to the Standby Server.
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[li]Select [red]"Interchange Servers"[/red] form the Server section.[/li]
[li]Place a check mark in the [red]"Force interchange regardless of server status."[/red] box and click on the [red]"Interchange"[/red] button. (This is necessary, as allowing the servers to synchronize will cause the time change to be overwriten.)[/li]
[li]Switch to the Duplicate Server by clicking on the server's name on the top right hand side of the page.[/li]
[li]Log into the standby server and select [red]"Launch Maintenance Web Interface"[/red].[/li]
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Changing the Time on the Standby Server
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[li]Select the [red]"Server Date/Time"[/red] option from the Server section.[/li]
[li]Enter the new date and time, verify the time zxone setting, and click on the [red]"Submit"[/red] button[/li]
[li]Once the change has completed, you will need to make the same change on the other server.[/li]
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Before anyone makes mention of this, changing the time is NOT service affecting and CAN be done on the active server. That being said, I wrote the process as above based on the fact that it is good business practice never to make changes to the active server.
-Brian-
Semper Paratus