Environment
Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management with Support Pack 2 - 10.2.2 Registration
Situation
If a windows device is set to the Caracas or Newfoundland time zones, trying to register a device throws a -28 error message. This error is seen in the services-messages.log:
[com.novell.zenworks.datamodel.exceptions.InternalDataModelException: com.novell.zenworks.datamodel.exceptions.InternalDataModelException: org.hibernate.HibernateException: java.lang.NumberFormatException: -04:-30
Resolution
This is fixed in version 10.3.1 - see KB 7006265 "ZENworks Configuration Management 10.3.1 - update information and list of fixes" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support