Guest April Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 As I understand the PDC emulater normally is configured as the Authoritative Time Server, however, should I configure more time servers for redundancy? If I do, will they serve as time servers, or until I promot one of them as the PDC role? Is there specific doc on this?
Guest Meinolf Weber Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 Re: Shoud I configure redundant time server Hello april, In a domain only the PDCEmulator is the time source, per domain you can have ONLY one PDCEmulator. So you can not make another DC PDCEmulator in the same domain. What you can do, is to configure multiple external time sources for the PDCEmulator. Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > As I understand the PDC emulater normally is configured as the > Authoritative Time Server, however, should I configure more time > servers for redundancy? > > If I do, will they serve as time servers, or until I promot one of > them as the PDC role? > > Is there specific doc on this? >
Guest April Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 Re: Shoud I configure redundant time server On Oct 24, 2:39 am, Meinolf Weber <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote: > Hello april, > > In a domain only the PDCEmulator is the time source, per domain you can have > ONLY one PDCEmulator. So you can not make another DC PDCEmulator in the same > domain. What you can do, is to configure multiple external time sources for > the PDCEmulator. > > Best regards > > Meinolf Weber > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers > no rights. > ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups > ** HELP us help YOU!!!http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > > > > > As I understand the PDC emulater normally is configured as the > > Authoritative Time Server, however, should I configure more time > > servers for redundancy? > > > If I do, will they serve as time servers, or until I promot one of > > them as the PDC role? > > > Is there specific doc on this?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - my further reading seems to suggest that I can set up that way, but it won't be part of the hierachy, and as long as I use the same time source, I should be ok?
Guest Meinolf Weber Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 Re: Shoud I configure redundant time server Hello april, Maybe you have a look on this one: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773013.aspx In a domain you have basically nothing to do, except to configure the PDCEmulator to an external time source or hardware clock. Even if the clients are not connected to the domain they still have valid time and should not run totally different. Also if you connect back to the domain, they automatically get the correct time again. Maybe you can describe your problem a bit more, so that we can understand what you are trying to achive. Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > On Oct 24, 2:39 am, Meinolf Weber <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote: > >> Hello april, >> >> In a domain only the PDCEmulator is the time source, per domain you >> can have ONLY one PDCEmulator. So you can not make another DC >> PDCEmulator in the same domain. What you can do, is to configure >> multiple external time sources for the PDCEmulator. >> >> Best regards >> >> Meinolf Weber >> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and >> confers >> no rights. >> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups >> ** HELP us help YOU!!!http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm >>> As I understand the PDC emulater normally is configured as the >>> Authoritative Time Server, however, should I configure more time >>> servers for redundancy? >>> >>> If I do, will they serve as time servers, or until I promot one of >>> them as the PDC role? >>> >>> Is there specific doc on this?- Hide quoted text - >>> >> - Show quoted text - >> > my further reading seems to suggest that I can set up that way, but it > won't be part of the hierachy, and as long as I use the same time > source, I should be ok? >
Guest April Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 Re: Shoud I configure redundant time server On Oct 24, 7:13 am, Meinolf Weber <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote: > Hello april, > > Maybe you have a look on this one:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773013.aspx > > In a domain you have basically nothing to do, except to configure the PDCEmulator > to an external time source or hardware clock. Even if the clients are not > connected to the domain they still have valid time and should not run totally > different. Also if you connect back to the domain, they automatically get > the correct time again. > > Maybe you can describe your problem a bit more, so that we can understand > what you are trying to achive. > > Best regards > > Meinolf Weber > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers > no rights. > ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups > ** HELP us help YOU!!!http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > > > > > On Oct 24, 2:39 am, Meinolf Weber <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote: > > >> Hello april, > > >> In a domain only the PDCEmulator is the time source, per domain you > >> can have ONLY one PDCEmulator. So you can not make another DC > >> PDCEmulator in the same domain. What you can do, is to configure > >> multiple external time sources for the PDCEmulator. > > >> Best regards > > >> Meinolf Weber > >> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and > >> confers > >> no rights. > >> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups > >> ** HELP us help YOU!!!http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > >>> As I understand the PDC emulater normally is configured as the > >>> Authoritative Time Server, however, should I configure more time > >>> servers for redundancy? > > >>> If I do, will they serve as time servers, or until I promot one of > >>> them as the PDC role? > > >>> Is there specific doc on this?- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > my further reading seems to suggest that I can set up that way, but it > > won't be part of the hierachy, and as long as I use the same time > > source, I should be ok?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I don't have a pressing issue right now, but explore the design options .. based on my understanding, it's doable, but need to be careful and not to make it counter productive.
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