Guest mhowell Posted April 3, 2008 Posted April 3, 2008 My PDC emulator is setup to get time from an external time server. All of the other domain controllers will get their time from the pdc emulator. What if the PDC Emulator crashes? Where do the domain controllers get their time from?
Guest Meinolf Weber Posted April 3, 2008 Posted April 3, 2008 Re: Time sync - What if pdc emulator crashes? Hello mhowell, If the DC crash, then you have to seize the FSMO role to another DC and configure this one with the exeternal time source. 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 > My PDC emulator is setup to get time from an external time server. > All of the other domain controllers will get their time from the pdc > emulator. What if the PDC Emulator crashes? Where do the domain > controllers get their time from? >
Guest mhowell Posted April 3, 2008 Posted April 3, 2008 Re: Time sync - What if pdc emulator crashes? I know what you have to do. I am wondering what the other domain controllers would do to get their time. Would they start using their own clock? What if you change the domain controllers from NT5DS to NTP and point them to an external time server? "Meinolf Weber" wrote: > Hello mhowell, > > If the DC crash, then you have to seize the FSMO role to another DC and configure > this one with the exeternal time source. > > 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 > > > My PDC emulator is setup to get time from an external time server. > > All of the other domain controllers will get their time from the pdc > > emulator. What if the PDC Emulator crashes? Where do the domain > > controllers get their time from? > > > > >
Guest Simon Posted April 9, 2008 Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Time sync - What if pdc emulator crashes? Until the other domain controllers can contact the specified time source, you will see some errors in the event log every time they try to check their clocks are uptodate. All the servers and pc's use their own internal clock for determining what time it is, they only use the specified time source periodically to ensure their internal clock is correct. Unless you are running some finaical software that requires the time to be absolutely precise down to the nearest second, then you will have more pressing issues to deal with, i.e.: the crashed DC. Hope that helps. Simon "mhowell" wrote: > I know what you have to do. I am wondering what the other domain controllers > would do to get their time. Would they start using their own clock? What if > you change the domain controllers from NT5DS to NTP and point them to an > external time server? > > "Meinolf Weber" wrote: > > > Hello mhowell, > > > > If the DC crash, then you have to seize the FSMO role to another DC and configure > > this one with the exeternal time source. > > > > 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 > > > > > My PDC emulator is setup to get time from an external time server. > > > All of the other domain controllers will get their time from the pdc > > > emulator. What if the PDC Emulator crashes? Where do the domain > > > controllers get their time from? > > > > > > > > >
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