Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Good morning to all,

can someone advise me how to setup aix ntp server with aix & wintel clients?

Secondly, I also require to enable the service to autostart on reboot, how do I configure this?

Thirdly, how do I configure daily autosync between clients and server?

Please advice, thanks.

Best regards

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Originally posted by: dukessd

Stert here:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds6/xntpd.htm

If / when you get stuck, come back with your next question, but next time make it MUCH more specific and give MUCH more datail.

Your goal is not clear in your last post.

I am assuming you want an AIX ntp server and have potential AIX and Windows ntp clients, is this correct?
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

thanks dukessd.

Yes I do want to configure 1 AIX server to be the master clock and AIX & Wintel servers to sync with the master clock.

Master clock server
1) run xntpd service
2) edit /etc/ntp.conf and input line
server 127.127.1.0
3) stopsrc -s xntpd
startsrc -s xntpd -a "-x" (master clock server is also database server)
4) To autostart on reboot, edit /etc/rc.tcpip and input line
startsrc -s xntpd -a "-x"

AIX Client server
edit crontab and input line
0 5 * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate -d xxx.xx.xx.xxx (master clock server IP)

Wintel client server
??
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

managed to configure the NTP between AIX server and AIX & Wintel clients.
Only problem now is NTP service on passive node does not restart when servers reboot. HACMP seems to be able to auto start up primary active node and not the secondary passive one.

Any ideas?
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