On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:54:13 -0400, Martin, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:
>All, >We are using STP but we are not using an External Time Source. We have >two mainframes; a Preferred Time Server and a Backup. > >I am trying to come up with the steps required to use our company's NTP >server as the time source. > >I know there are a few ways of doing it, but I'd like to just connect >the HMCs (not SE's) to our intranet. Here are the steps I think we >need... > >1) Ensure our z9's are at EC Driver Level 67L > >2) Connect both HMCs to our intranet. > >3) Configure NTP on both HMCs to point to our company's NTP Server > >4) Configure ETS for the PTS to point to one HMC's NTP Server > >5) Configure ETS for the BTS to point to the other HMC's NTP Server > > >Will this work? What am I missing? > >Thanks in advance! > >Mike Martin > Like George said, the STP Planning manual is a good one, and so is the Implementation Guide. Both have recent drafts with good new additional info. What we're doing is having all of the servers (we have five in our network) use two NTP servers - two HMCs. Each of the HMCs then points to two NTP servers. This may be more than you need, but it's an example of what's possible. cheers Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
