Let me do some poking around... -----Original Message----- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 1:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why is Windows Time service crap?
Multiple Windows machine are exactly 24 seconds behind multiple UNIX machines? -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 10:21 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Why is Windows Time service crap? > > I set up redundant time servers. When I do a ntpq -p on all the Unix > servers, everything is in line with each other. It appears the Windows > servers are the ones that are off. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 8:02 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Why is Windows Time service crap? > > Do you know for a fact that your UNIX box is not 24 seconds ahead? > > -sc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] > > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 8:56 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Why is Windows Time service crap? > > > > I have Windows and Unix boxes pointing to the same sources, yet my > > Windows box is consistantly 24 seconds behind. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 6:54 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Why is Windows Time service crap? > > > > I set both of my DCs in the HQ to sync to us.pool.ntp.org, and have > no > > issues. > > > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 07:36, <richardmccl...@aspca.org> wrote: > > > > > > Greetings! > > > > > > I have workstations and servers in my domain whose time is all over > > the > > > place! > > > > > > Two servers I manually sync'd with a domain controller less than 24 > > hours > > > ago are now once again 3 minutes behind. > > > > > > Workstations are up to 5 minutes one way or the other. > > > > > > I know this keeps coming up here, but again, please... > > > > > > 1. With multiple domain controllers, does one pick one of them, > sync > > to an > > > outside time source, then somehow point the other DCs to this DC? > If > > so, > > > then one puts in the name of the selected DC in the registry > settings > > for > > > time services? OR, does one make sure all the DCs point to the > same > > > external NTP server? > > > > > > 2. Why do servers and workstations drift off, time-wise? How to > stop > > this? > > > -- > > > Richard D. McClary > > > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > > > > > > ASPCA® > > > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > > > Urbana, IL 61802 > > > > > > richardmccl...@aspca.org > > > > > > P: 217-337-9761 > > > C: 217-417-1182 > > > F: 217-337-9761 > > > www.aspca.org > > > > > > > > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, > > is > > > from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® > > (ASPCA®) > > > and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and > may > > > contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you > > are not > > > the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that > > any > > > dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this > > e-mail, > > > and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have > > received > > > this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email > and > > > permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any > > printout > > > thereof. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~