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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have defined a time using<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">[Timer]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">OnCalendar=daily<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">AccuracySec=6h<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Persistent=true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">And the idea was to run the unit daily, but it’s rather unimportant when, just nout in prime hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The man page says:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> AccuracySec=<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> Specify the accuracy the timer shall elapse with. Defaults to 1min.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> The timer is scheduled to elapse within a time window starting with<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> the time specified in OnCalendar=, OnActiveSec=, OnBootSec=,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> OnStartupSec=, OnUnitActiveSec= or OnUnitInactiveSec= and ending<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> the time configured with AccuracySec= later. Within this time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> window, the expiry time will be placed at a host-specific,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> randomized but stable position that is synchronized between all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> local timer units. This is done in order to distribute the wake-up<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> time in networked installations, as well as optimizing power<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> consumption to suppress unnecessary CPU wake-ups. To get best<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> accuracy, set this option to 1us. Note that the timer is still<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> subject to the timer slack configured via systemd-system.conf(5)'s<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> TimerSlackNSec= setting. See prctl(2) for details. To optimize<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> power consumption, make sure to set this value as high as possible<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> and as low as necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">So I expected that multiple instances of the timer would be “spread”, but instead I see all instances started at 00:00:01.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">So did I misunderstand, or is it some kind of bug with timer instances? Systemd being used is old systemd-228-157.60.1.x86_64 in SLES 12 SP5…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Or is<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">[Install]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">WantedBy=timers.target<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Causing this?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Ulrich<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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