ntp

[stefano_23]

HI guys

I have a little lan with 2 servers and 10 client.

I want to set serverA to a NTP server with it's time.

what I must to do?

tnx

[Jannik]

hi,

find one ntp server on the internet and setup the ntp with sam. Sam will do all the work for U.

check it with:
ntpq -p

BR,
Jannik

[stefano_23]

hi jannik

No I don't want to use an Internet server.

I want to use my serverA for npt primary server

[Robert-Jan Goossens · Accepted solution]

Hi,

basic and good doc.

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x199dd5fab40ed6118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

Robert-Jan.

[Jannik]

ok.
on serverb go into sam -> time -> NTP Network Time Source and remove any entry and stop the NTP service.
From actions (in the top) add a server servera and then start the NTP service again.

BR,
Jannik

[T G Manikandan]

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000063201958

[T G Manikandan]

Also check this

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000062686582

[Gary Yu]

Hi,

I did the similar thing before, I don't need to use ntp to set my server to be exactly as atomic clock, I just need to sync the clock on 2 servers for application reasons. what I did was:

1, use "date" command to set the time of the 2 servers to be as sync as possible (within 30 seconds offset, otherwise, there maybe problems with ntpdate)

2, run "ntpdate -b serverA" from server B to initially sync the 2 servers. (note that xntpd was not started yet then)

3, on serverA (ntp server) /etc/ntp.conf file set "server 127.127.1.1" and start xntpd, it means it will use its own clock as time source.

4, on serverB (ntp client) /etc/ntp.conf file
set "server serverA_IP" and "driftfile /var/adm/ntp.drift" then start xntpd.

that's it.

thanks,
Gary