Do you really get a stand-alone CEC or are your LPARs placed on one of the outsourcers machines? If so, they will probably have STP and provide a reliable time. And of course Gil is right: if not, you can configure STP to a timeserver to keep your time accurate.
Kees. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs - Listserv Sent: 20 January, 2016 13:15 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: STP Question It's being configured that way by our outsourcer, we no longer have control over the configuration. I agree with you, but wanted to see if there's any additional risk to our environment in this configuration. Mark Jacobs Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote: > The main reason of STP is to coordinate time between the CECs. When you have > only one, there is nothing to coordinate anymore. > > Kees. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mark Jacobs - Listserv > Sent: 19 January, 2016 21:06 > To: [email protected] > Subject: STP Question > > We're moving from a three CEC configuration, with all STP rolls, > Primary/Backup/Arbiter defined, to a singe CEC that's defined as the > Primary, with no backup or arbiter defined to the STP network. I'm not > seeing any additional risks, since we're already running in "all our > eggs in one basket mode", but wanted to ask the hive mind for your input. > -- > Mark Jacobs > Time Customer Service > Technology and Product Engineering > > The standard you walk past, is the standard you accept. > Lieutenant General David Morrison > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ******************************************************** > 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: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > Please be alert for any emails that may ask you for login information or > directs you to login via a link. If you believe this message is a phish or > aren't sure whether this message is trustworthy, please send the original > message as an attachment to '[email protected]'. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** 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: INFO IBM-MAIN
