Change time keeper on a domain

[k3lvin]

Hey,

We are in the process of migrating our DCs from 2003R2 to 2008R2. I have a 2008R2 DC which now all 5 FSMO roles on it and all seems to be working nicely. The one thing I can't get working is time.

If I run "net time" in a console on any client it still says "Current time at \\Old_DC etc..."

If I run "net time \\New_DC /set /yes" then run "net time" again it still says "Current time at \\Old_DC etc..."!

What do I need to make our new DC the new time keeper for our domain? (We only have one domain)

 

[58sniper]

Configure an online time source on the server holding the PDCe FSMO role. Clients use that as their time source.

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[k3lvin]

Hi,

The new DC (which is a PDCe) already has a online time source. The issue is how do I point the new clients to the new PDCe?

 

[kmcferrin]

You don't point them to the PDC emulator, they will sync from the DC that authenticates them. The DCs will in turn sync upstream with the PDC emulator. It's all distributed and hierarchical. All you need to do is make sure that your PDC emulator is syncing with an external time source and that the DCs in your domain are syncing with the PDC emulator.

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