One other question. How would the other servers get the time, via a socket connection on port 123? Or another method?
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2014, at 9:53 AM, Dno <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
