Effect of changing vCenter servers system locale

[TheAsset13]

I was wondering if there would be any negative effects to vCenter server (4.1) if I were to change the system locale of the underlying operating system (Windows Server 2008 R2).

The reason I wish to change is that Server 2008 was installed with the default locale of "English (United States)" that uses the MM/DD/YYYY date format. I wish to change the locale to "English (New Zealand)" which uses the DD/MM/YYYY format as this suits the system we use here in New Zealand.

Has anyone tried this & could tell me if this will effect vCenter or the associated databases?

Thanks

[vTagion]

TheAsset13,

I don't believe you should see any issue changing your local as vCenter is used worldwide I can't imagine the database having issues with this. I however, have not tried this yet but if you are worried about it, I would backup the database and give it a shot. It's possible that it flips the dates in the logs from that point backward, but I really don't think you'll have a problem with it.

Let us know how it goes when you change it.

[TheAsset13]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I believe you are correct as I setup a 4.1 lab on my home pc & simulated changing the system locale. Everything seemed to be ok afterwards. I took a peek inside the database & noticed that all dates are stored as YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS so the system locale looks to only determine how the dates are displayed, not stored.

Thanks for your help!