On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:10:15, Roy Hewitt <ibm- [email protected]> wrote:
>it's still STP that you need... why not have a look at the redbook. > >Server Time Protocol Implementation Guide, SG24-7281-01 (latest draft) [...] >The NTP ability of STP (via the SE) is a version 2 (or is it v3?? ) enhancment to STP.. but bottom line is you still need either Sysplex timer or STP to sync any zSeries to external time source. If I read correctly, the OP later clarified he currently has no sysplex timer - single CEC, multiple LPARs - i.e., all monoplex. If that is true, then I read nothing in STP Implementation that states SIMETRID with an external dial-out to the atomic clock in the sky won't still work in this case. z/OS gets the time just fine without STP. To the original query of keeping in synch with the tinkertoy farm, participating in timing network is another matter... As an NTP Server, I get why STP is a prerequisite, *but* if the z10 (z9) is a client, is STP FC 1021 still required to receive the timing signal from an NTP server versus a dial-out, and WHY? Regards, Art Gutowski Ford Motor Company ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
