Guest Fahad Posted January 27, 2008 Posted January 27, 2008 Dear we are in the process of unifying the time on all devices in the network. as a 1st step we sync our external router with the NTP server on the internet. then we sync our switches with this router. as a 2nd step, I want to sync a workgroup servers (2003 family) with the nearest switch. could you please give me the detaled steps to configure our workgroup servers with the external time source (nearest switch). also the registry key that need to be changed. the 3rd step, i want to sync my root domain controller with the switch. could you please give me the detaled steps to configure our workgroup servers with the external time source (nearest switch)? also the registry key that need to be changed.
Guest neo [mvp outlook] Posted January 27, 2008 Posted January 27, 2008 Re: Windows Time Service The domain controller that holds the PDC FSMO role: w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:fqdn.router.or.ip.address /syncfromflags:MANUAL w32tm /config /update For domain member workstations/servers, do nothing. They get their time from the domain controllers. For stand-alone workstation/servers, you can use the same commands that where used for the domain controller that holds the PDC FSMO role. /neo PS - w32tm command is good for Windows XP or newer operating systems "Fahad" <Fahad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:71D68F1F-EC88-48A3-AE69-870C9B4A9F66@microsoft.com... > Dear > > we are in the process of unifying the time on all devices in the network. > as > a 1st step we sync our external router with the NTP server on the > internet. > then we sync our switches with this router. > as a 2nd step, I want to sync a workgroup servers (2003 family) with the > nearest switch. could you please give me the detaled steps to configure > our > workgroup servers with the external time source (nearest switch). also the > registry key that need to be changed. > the 3rd step, i want to sync my root domain controller with the switch. > could you please give me the detaled steps to configure our workgroup > servers > with the external time source (nearest switch)? also the registry key that > need to be changed.
Guest Fahad Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Re: Windows Time Service Hi Neo thanks for your response. Do I need to modify any registry value? "neo [mvp outlook]" wrote: > The domain controller that holds the PDC FSMO role: > w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:fqdn.router.or.ip.address > /syncfromflags:MANUAL > w32tm /config /update > > For domain member workstations/servers, do nothing. They get their time > from the domain controllers. > > > For stand-alone workstation/servers, you can use the same commands that > where used for the domain controller that holds the PDC FSMO role. > > /neo > > PS - w32tm command is good for Windows XP or newer operating systems > > "Fahad" <Fahad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:71D68F1F-EC88-48A3-AE69-870C9B4A9F66@microsoft.com... > > Dear > > > > we are in the process of unifying the time on all devices in the network. > > as > > a 1st step we sync our external router with the NTP server on the > > internet. > > then we sync our switches with this router. > > as a 2nd step, I want to sync a workgroup servers (2003 family) with the > > nearest switch. could you please give me the detaled steps to configure > > our > > workgroup servers with the external time source (nearest switch). also the > > registry key that need to be changed. > > the 3rd step, i want to sync my root domain controller with the switch. > > could you please give me the detaled steps to configure our workgroup > > servers > > with the external time source (nearest switch)? also the registry key that > > need to be changed. > > >
Guest Jason Gurtz Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Re: Windows Time Service Fahad wrote: > Hi Neo > > thanks for your response. > Do I need to modify any registry value? See <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042> You probably don't need to worry about the registry since I believe the w32tm command is your friendly front-end to that. The main thing to take away is appending ",0x1" to the manually configured peer. Otherwise it will likely not work. ~JasonG --
Guest Richard M. Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Re: Windows Time Service "Fahad" > Dear > > we are in the process of unifying the time on all devices in the network. > as > a 1st step we sync our external router with the NTP server on the > internet. > then we sync our switches with this router. > as a 2nd step, I want to sync a workgroup servers (2003 family) with the > nearest switch. could you please give me the detaled steps to configure > our > workgroup servers with the external time source (nearest switch). also the > registry key that need to be changed. > the 3rd step, i want to sync my root domain controller with the switch. > could you please give me the detaled steps to configure our workgroup > servers > with the external time source (nearest switch)? also the registry key that > need to be changed. I tend to perform exactly the other way : synchronize a DC to some source (let say your external router). That will take care of all DCs at one. Let the member servers to synchronize to the domain. And then synchronize the switches to the DCs. seems easier for me...
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