Re: NTP question

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Basically, it's like this:

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:times.windows.com/syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update

Understood.

Do I need to make any changes in Group Policy or revert it back to default with no configuration settings?

Steven




"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message news:ff16fb66c33f8cb080e381e56b2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello Steven,

No, domain time sync runs automatically by design.

In this command line you have "PEERS":
w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:peers /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update

For PEERS choose an external time server, either with the name or ip address according to this link, where you can find time servers:
http://www.pool.ntp.org/

If you configure them with the command above, one or more, the PDCEmulator will sync with them.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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Forgive me, while I'm sort of confused here.

So we run the command on the Primary, but how would it know where to
look.

Also, the setting under Group Policy, where Windows Time Service, does
that need to be configure?

Steven

"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
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Hello Steven,

This command has to run on the DC which has the PDCEmulator role and
that's it. Domain time synchronisation occurs as described before.

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Meinolf Weber
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Hi,

So do you run this command ( w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:peers
/syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update ) from the command
prompt?

and then specify the time source in Group Policy Management, via by
Hostname or IP?

Steven

"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
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Hello steve,

In a domain the "master" time server is the DC with the PDCEmulator
role, all other DC's sync with that one and all member servers and
workstations sync with one available DC. That's the way in a
domain, so you have to configure the PDCEmulator to sync with the
Cisco switch.

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:peers /syncfromflags:manual
/reliable:yes /update

With "peers" you can set the time source, either DNS name
(time.windows.com) or an ip address from a reliable time source.

Here you can find also some of them:
http://www.pool.ntp.org/
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
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Hello Meinolf,

The computers are on a domain

Hello steve,

Only workstations on the switch or do you have a domain or
workgroup server?

Best regards

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Is there anything on a local machines policy that would block it
from getting info on a NTP server? We have our Cisco switch
that serves as a time server, some clients have the correct
time, some do not.......... so I'm looking into why some do not
have the correct local time




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