As it turns out it appears the failures I was seeing were due to the fact that I was pointing at one particular ntp server rather than a pool. So neverrrrrmind ... ;-) -- bc
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Mike Walter <[email protected]> wrote: > I have some sample code from Dave Jones that I was working on in the fall > of 2013, but never came up with an incantation that quite works right. The > time reported is off by about 18,000 seconds (5 minutes) while the z800 is > off by about 79 seconds from the z/OS systems using the same NTP server as > their trusted time source. The code still has that bug, issues diagnostic > messages, and is in need of improved commenting and doc. > > My goal was to compare the TOD from NTP to the TOD on a z/VM 5.4.0 system > running on a z800 w/o any access to a trusted time source except the NTP > server. The idea was to track gradual drift of the z800 TOD from the NTP, > and when it grew "significant enough", send an automated e-mail to us z/VM > sysprogs to schedule a z800 hardware TOD change. > > If no one else has a working solution, I can send it to you to finish. > Let me know if you're up to the challenge! :-) > > Mike Walter > Aon Corporation > The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. > > -----Original Message----- > From: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Bob Cronin > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 08:41 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Retrieving the date/time from an ntp server > > Does anyone have any pipes code that can do this? > -- > bc > >
