Configuring a Time Provider on a DTS Server
You should configure one of the DTS servers in the cell with a provider of the accurate time. You can configure two types of time providers: a null time provider and a NTP time provider.
To configure a DTS server as a time provider, perform the following steps:
1. Type 4 on the DTS Configuration Menu and press <Return>.
The dce_config script displays The DTS Time Provider Menu.
DTS Time Provider Menu
1. Configure a NULL time provider
2. Configure an NTP time provider
98. Return to previous
menu
99. Exit
selection:
2. Your next action depends on the kind of time provider you are configuring.
a. To configure the server as a null time provider, type 1 and press <Return>.
The dce_config script configures the server and returns DTS
Configuration Menu.
b. To configure the server as an NTP time provider, type 2 and press <Return>.
dce_config prompts:
Enter the hostname where the NTP server is running:
Enter the full path name to the host and press <Return>.
The dce_config script configures the time provider and returns the DTS Configuration Menu.