how do you migrate xnptd servers?

[frederick hannah]

my current xntpd server will be decommissioned. How do I setup another server to my "time machine"? All servers have 11.11 operating systems

[Pete Randall]

Probably the easiest way is to use SAM:

sam > Time > NTP Broadcasting


Pete

[Pedro Cirne]

Hi,

Edit the file /etc/ntp.con, look for your old IP/Server and replace it, then restart xntd.

Pedro

[frederick hannah]

SAM does look simple. This is the way to assign another server as a time server? The original machine is being moth-balled soon.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

Ideally you should have at least three external time sources. These are readily available:

http://www.pool.ntp.org/

As noted, time sources are specified in '/etc/ntp.conf'. Stop the xntpd daemon; edit the file; and restart the daemon. Stopping and starting is done with:

# /sbin/init.d/xntpd stop
# /sbin/init.d/xntpd start

Regards!

...JRF...

[frederick hannah]

Great answers and quick, too. Thanks a mega, guys.