Windows Time Server

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Alan Auld

I have two DC's in my network. DC2 is the operations master. If users
performa "Net Time" command, the response they get is this:

Current time at \\DC1 is 3/14/2005 11:23 AM

Why is does the Net Time command point to DC1 when DC2 is the operation's
master? If i perform query on the SNTP server, they all point to DC2.
This doesn't seem to make sense.

Alan
 
Hi Alan,

I am not sure which Operations Master you are referring to as there are 5
FSMO roles. Remember that workstations that get their time from the domain
will always contact the PDC Emulator for this. I am guessing that DC1 is
your PDC Emulator.
 
Net time doesn't give an accurate depiction of which server w32time is
actually synchronising with. Probably due to its age and underlying API
calls.

w32tm does.

net stop w32time
w32tm /once
net start w32time

Also, realistically (and for simplicity more than anything else) the PDCe
role holder should be the SNTP server.


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Paul Williams

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Thanks Paul;

I guess my question should be, how do I tell which PDC is the PDC Emulator?
Using w32tm /once...does this fix the problem, or just syncronize on a one
time basis?

Alan
 
I guess my question should be, how do I tell which PDC is the PDC
Emulator?
Click to expand...

I think that should read "...which DC is the PDC Emulator".

There are a number of ways. Here's just one of them:

C:\>netdom query /domain:domain-name.com fsmo


You can also use the GUI, ntdsutil, script, etc.

Using w32tm /once...does this fix the problem, or just syncronize on a one
time basis?
Click to expand...

/once performs a one of synchronisation and outputs what box it is
synchronising with. Note this isn't necessarily the PDCe. This will be a
DC in the domain. Possibly the logon server. Most likely in the same site.


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