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Bug 1305279

Summary:	RFE: Please provide option RandomizedDelaySec= to systemd timer
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Nilesh Parmar <nparmar>
Component:	systemd	Assignee:	systemd-maint
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Branislav Blaškovič <bblaskov>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:	Maxim Svistunov <msvistun>
Priority:	medium
Version:	7.3	CC:	bblaskov, edgar.hoch, extras-qa, jamartis, johannbg, jscotka, jsynacek, lnykryn, msekleta, muadda, redhat-bugzilla, salmy, s, systemd-maint-list, systemd-maint
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	FutureFeature
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	systemd-219-21.el7	Doc Type:	Enhancement
Doc Text:	New systemd option: `RandomizedDelaySec` This update introduces the `RandomizedDelaySec` option for systemd timers, which schedules an event to occur later by a random number of seconds. For example, setting the option to 10 will postpone the event by a random number of seconds between 0 and 10. The new option is useful for spreading workload over a longer time period to avoid several events executing at the same time.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:	1303552	Environment:
Last Closed:	2016-11-04 00:51:06 UTC	Type:	Bug
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:	1303552
Bug Blocks:	1203710, 1289485, 1313485

Description Nilesh Parmar 2016-02-06 16:29:34 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1303552 +++

Description of problem:

systemd 228 contains an option RandomSec= for systemd timer unit files.

Please backport this feature to Fedora 23.

Please see also bug #1074951 .


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
systemd-222-12.fc23.x86_64

--- Additional comment from Jan Synacek on 2016-02-01 07:20:58 EST ---

Backport 744c7693751830149ae78fdaf95c6c6f99d59f07 and 6f5d79986a9c98b9cacc83f865fed957e4e6e4e6.

--- Additional comment from Fedora Update System on 2016-02-01 09:51:26 EST ---

systemd-222-14.fc23 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 23. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-d3fc0f9415

--- Additional comment from Jan Synacek on 2016-02-01 09:52:25 EST ---

Note that the real option name is "RandomizedDelaySec=".

--- Additional comment from Fedora Update System on 2016-02-01 21:26:46 EST ---

systemd-222-14.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-d3fc0f9415

--- Additional comment from Fedora Update System on 2016-02-04 18:23:06 EST ---

systemd-222-14.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 4 Lukáš Nykrýn 2016-04-21 08:50:27 UTC

pushed to staging ->
https://github.com/lnykryn/systemd-rhel/commit/338b8f9bca1cd7bd65123808fc7f7b2773e637db
https://github.com/lnykryn/systemd-rhel/commit/510ba7ebe71c8e4e64ead26a44b330d2e4375d9c
-> post

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-04 00:51:06 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-2216.html