Thanks Mark. This is what I was looking for. I found this in an IBM presentation:
NTP server becomes the single time source (External Time Source (ETS)) for STP, as well as other non-System z servers (UNIX®, Windows NT®, other) that have NTP clients Off to read up on the IP SNTP server Dean Sent from my iPhone >> On Oct 16, 2014, at 9:38 AM, Mark Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 10/16/14 09:34, Dno wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am doing reading on STP, based on a request to see if the z10 could be >> used as a time source for distributed servers. I thought at one time (not >> sure), there was an address space that could run on the mainframe for this >> purpose. I do not remember if it was an IBM tool, or free software. Can >> someone jump start, while I review the white papers and presentations I have >> found. Can this be done? >> >> Thanks, >> Dean >> >> Dean Montevago >> (212) 460 – 4943 (work) >> (516) 710 – 5341 (cell) >> [email protected] > > TCP/IP has an NTP server that your distributed servers can connect to as > their time source. > > EZZ9602I SNTP SERVER INITIALIZING > EZZ9600I SNTP SERVER READY > > //SNTPD EXEC PGM=SNTPD,REGION=4096K,TIME=NOLIMIT, > // PARM='POSIX(ON),ALL31(ON),TRAP(OFF)/ -d' > > -- > Mark Jacobs > Time Customer Service > Tampa, FL > ---- > > The standard you walk past is the standard you accept. > Lt. Gen. David Morrison, Australian Army Chief > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
