We don't have a timer and we run z/os 1.4 but we do use the key production LPAR as a common time base for all non z/os servers. The external time reference is in the plan for z/os 1.7 when the facility no longer requires external hardware.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 8:57 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Clock syncronization between platforms We have IBM's SNTP server (zOS 1.6) running on one of our lpars and all our other servers use that server as its time source. Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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