"Gibney, Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>.. . > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Tom Marchant > > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 1:27 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Time Change (Sync) > > > > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:01:00 -0700, Dave Gibney wrote: > > > > >... What would it really get us? One production LPAR, one > > >Development LPAR and a couple sandboxes. > > > > In that case, clock synchronization is probably much less critical. > > > > Clocks are a different story. Twice a year I have to take the sh*t > about how hard or expensive it is to have our z9 in sync with the rest > of the world. The idea of paying for setting the time is ludicrous to > any herder of small boxen. > Even though I understand the need for the z/clock to be highly secure, > I think IBM does a disservice to all of us who work the platform in > small shops. > And, I avoid POR like the plague. >
Another idea: now that everybody is converting to STP, Sysplex Timers will become cheap. Why not buy one (or two), connect them to your individual CPU's and connect them with a modem to a timeserver? That is all the hardware you need. It is possibly for the shorter term future, but as long as you z/boxes support a Sysplex Timer, it will work. Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
