Re: time service

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From: Doug Sherman [MVP] (dsherman_at_nospam.tampabay.rr.com)
Date: 08/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:14:15 -0400

Are all of the servers in the cluster DCs? see:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/deployguide/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/windowsserv/2003/all/deployguide/en-us/sdccf_cls_jpue.asp

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
  "me" <me@work.net> wrote in message news:OFhZ2MUgEHA.1344@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
  i have an issue that is getting annoying
  i have a 2000 server that is used as time server (among other things)
  i can't make the pdc a time server using the software i have because it is a cluster node (not my idea to make it a dc) and it disables the time service which could cause a problem since it is important that the time service runs for the cluster.
  anyway, i have configured the pdc to look to the time server, but it keeps saying
  This Machine is a PDC of the domain at the root of the forest. Configure to sync from External time source using the net command, 'net time /setsntp:<server name>'.

  i did do that and when i do a net time /querysntp it shows the correct server. but it still shows that error

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