Set the Time Zone, Date and Time

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There are options for setting the date and time for the appliance.

Timezone, date, time and Network
  1. Set timezone
  2. Set date and time
    • Option 1 - Set the Network Time Protocol (NTP) time server.
    • Option 2 - Store the system clock datetime.
Date/Time Option 1: Network Time Protocol

Provide the details for one or more accessible time servers (NTP) and then start the time server. As of Guardium 12.0, Guardium uses the chronyd daemon to manage NTP servers.

store system time_server hostnames
store system time_server state on
Date/Time Option 2: Set the time zone, date and time

Use the following command to display a list of valid time zones: 

store system clock timezone list

Choose the appropriate time zone from the list and use the same command to set it.

store system clock timezone <selected time zone>
Note: Setting up a new timezone restarts internal services. Data monitoring is disabled for a few minutes during this restart.

Store the date and time, in the format: YYYY-mm-dd hh:mm:ss

store system clock datetime <date_time>
Note: Do not change the hostname and the time zone in the same CLI session.