How can I synchronize AIX servers ?

[carine]

I have several servers, but each of it has a different timestamp when I type the date command.<br>I want one of these servers to be the reference and the other to synchronize their time on that one.<br>Is this possible ?

 

[MikeLacey]

Carine,<br><br>This is possible - you need to use the ntp (Network Time Protocol) service.<br><br>I've never needed to do this but it doesn't look too bad -- do a <br><br><FONT FACE=monospace><b>man ntp</font></b><br><br>for the details<br><br>You need at least AIX 4.2<br> <p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href=

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[ics007]

Another option is to use timed <p>Dave Hamilton<br><a href=mailto:dhamilton@gio.com.au>dhamilton@gio.com.au</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[grigore]

I used already &quot;timed&quot; daemon; it's easy; first on the comp you want to be the &quot;time server&quot; and continue with the &quot;clients&quot;; you can smitty or &quot;startsrc -s timed&quot; to do this;<br><br>by

 

[smccrory]

I've also found that &quot;ntpdate w.x.y.z&quot; in a cron script works OK for me.