Thank you. I am thinking using stratum 1 for the SNTP server on zOS, the STP for the z10 would be stratum 0. Servers that connect to the SNTP server would be stratum 2, etc.?
In our clockxx member we have yes for ETR and STP parameters, we are a parallel Sysplex. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mark Jacobs wrote: > >>> 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? > >> 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' > > Damn, you took your TIME to be faster than me! ;-D > > Thats a good suggestion! > > To Dean Montevago, you could also review the PARMLIB member CLOCKxx, after > you decided which devices/systems should be stratum 0, 1 or 2 timer. > > For Mark's suggestion, the default is stratum level is 1. Default port is 123 > which could be a problem if you restrict low port values. > > Good luck with your research! > > Groete / Greetings > Elardus Engelbrecht > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
