Which timezone for cron jobs ?

[Marcet]

Hi all,

This morning, I was wondering why my scheduled long smart test haven't occurred.
It was scheduled to run at 02:00 (AM), but I was working on the server till 01:00 and may be a little longer.

The only explanation I see for that is different timezones. If cron job are based on UTC, then there is a chance for the server to have been shutdown at that time. Am I right ?

 

[dlavigne]

If you type date on the system, does it show the time you expect? That is the time being used.

 

[Marcet]

If you type date on the system, does it show the time you expect? That is the time being used.

Thanks for your answer.

So I'm confused, because I have the same time but my schedule long SMART test didn't run.

 

[fracai]

What is the schedule that you have set? Is it restricted by just time? Time and day of week? Day of month? Every X days?

The way the different schedule parameters interact can be confusing.

 

[Marcet]

What is the schedule that you have set? Is it restricted by just time? Time and day of week? Day of month? Every X days?

The way the different schedule parameters interact can be confusing.

I have set the same way on my backup server, and the test ran as scheduled.

 

[MrToddsFriends]

Did you also check your settings in Services->S.M.A.R.T. in addition to the settings in Tasks->S.M.A.R.T. Tests?
http://doc.freenas.org/9.3/freenas_services.html#s-m-a-r-t

Side note: Smart-tests are controlled by smartd (UNIX daemon) and /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf (config file), not via cron.

 

[Marcet]

Did you also check your settings in Services->S.M.A.R.T. in addition to the settings in Tasks->S.M.A.R.T. Tests?
http://doc.freenas.org/9.3/freenas_services.html#s-m-a-r-t

Side note: Smart-tests are controlled by smartd (UNIX daemon) and /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf (config file), not via cron.

Interresting. So I assume when smartd woke up after I powered back on the server, it was to late 30 min later to start the job.
Will see next time if it runs.