Synching the Time

[Newbie]

I have 3 servers all with AD installed

How can I sync the time?

I keep getting this message on one of the servers:

Source: v32time
EventID: 64
Because of repeated network problems, the time service has not been able to
find a domain controller to synchronize with for a long time. To reduce
network traffic, the time service will wait 960 minutes before trying again.
No synchronization will take place during this interval, even if network
connectivity is restored. Accumulated time errors may cause certain network
operations to fail. To tell the time service that network connectivity has
been restored and that it should resynchronize, execute "w32tm /s" from the
command line.

 

[Steven L Umbach]

That is done automatically in W2K domain. I would run netdiag and dcdiag on
the probelm server to see what it reports as far as any failed tests such as
dns, dclist, or secure channel. It could be a dns configuration
roblem. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=224799

 

[Marina Roos]

On the DC from the commandprompt:

net time /setsntp:time.nist.gov (or any other public timeserver)
net stop w32time
w32tm -once -v
net start w32time

On other W2K-servers and clients from the commandprompt:
net time /setsntp:servername
w32tm -once -v

Marina

 

[Newbie]

Which one would be classed as the DC? they all have AD installed . . . .

 

[Marina Roos]

Just take one.

Marina

Which one would be classed as the DC? they all have AD installed . . . .

 

[Newbie]

Thanks - please could you explain what this is doing?

I think that the first is setting the time to an external source?
what is the w32tm - once -v doing?

why don't I have to restart the time service on the clients/ other servers?

What do I need to do to keep the network in sync now? do I just need to
have a log on script?

 

[Marina Roos]

The w32tm command is the synchronizing command you only have to do once.
From that point on, the client will know how and when to synchronize.
So you only run these commands once and don't need a loginscript to keep it
synced. (you would need it for W9x-clients though)

Marina