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  • 1.  AIX time sync

    Posted Wed March 21, 2007 11:28 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    HI

    I need enable the ntp client on AIX 4.3 and 5.3 server. I modify the file /etc/ntp.conf and start the demon. how can i define the schedule sync and frequence? the config file modify details as below

    ****
    server 10.10.1.111 <-----time sync source
    broadcastclient
    driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
    tracefile /etc/ntp.trace
    ****

    TKS


  • 2.  Re: AIX time sync

    Posted Thu March 22, 2007 07:24 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    As I understand it you can't really control these things using the ntp daemon. The ntp software schedules things to its own convenience and you just sit back and watch. It does things in such a way as to gradually shift your clock into alignment then sends out queries every so often from then on to keep it that way.

    Why do you care about this? I'm not sure I've understood your question exactly.

    Regards,
    Jim Lane


  • 3.  Re: AIX time sync

    Posted Fri March 23, 2007 09:19 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    > As I understand it you can't really control these
    > things using the ntp daemon. The ntp software
    > schedules things to its own convenience and you just
    > sit back and watch.

    As an analogy,
    think of your client as playing a running game of ping pong with the time server.
    You are assured thereby that your client is synchronized with the time server,
    and can estimate the offset as half the time it takes the ping pong ball to return.

    See RFC 2030 for details.