Can I know which mdadm version or openSUSE Leap version for "was once per month" ? Current upstream mdadm code has the following OnCalendar string: 11 [Timer] 12 OnCalendar=Sun *-*-1..7 1:00:00 It means weekly on every Sunday 1:00 am, it is defined a such way since first time it was merged in. Unfortunately the OnCalendar timer format was mistaken, the correct for-weekly format should be, 11 [Timer] 12 OnCalendar=Sun *-*-* 1:00:00 This is what bug 1173137 fixed. Coly Li