How do I get my SDC server to rotate logs in local time instead of GMT?

How do I get my SDC server to rotate logs in local time instead of GMT?

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Webtrends Analytics 9.2a
Webtrends Analytics 8.x

Last modified:  10/1/2010

Introduction:
By default, Smartsource Data Collector (SDC) rotate the logs at GMT midnight.  When this happens data for a single day local time is spread across two different log files.

Process:
To have your SDC log files rotated in your local server's time, make a change to the dcs.cfg file located in the SDC installation directory found here - ./Webtrends./SmartSource Data Collector./cfg./dcs.cfg

Open the file and locate the following line:

GMTrotation = True

Change it to be

GMTrotation = False

Save the file.

Restart IIS.

From this point forward, log files will rotate in the server's local time.



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