Aria Automation 8.13.1 Unable to change timezone via the web console for Aria Automation Extensibility Appliance

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

With the Aria Automation Extensibility Appliance 8.13.1, when selecting the the option to change the timezone via the web console, the screen resets back to the login prompt.

Environment

Aria Automation 8.13.1

Resolution

An alternative method is to perform the timezone change via timedatectl

It is recommended to first take a snapshot of the appliance (without memory) be fore proceeding.

In the web console, log in to the appliance.

First, confirm the current timezone with the command:

timedatectl

By default, the timezone should be set to UTC.

Then, to change the timezone to e.g. PST, issue the command:

timedatectl set-timezone America/Los_Angeles

To list the available timezones, issue the command:

timedatectl list-timezones