Characteristics

Input value: 0-0025:10:99.99999999
Result: 1-01:11:39.990

acting courier role
Specifies whether a backup courier is currently functioning as a courier. If the role is noncourier, the node is not attempting to synchronize with global servers. This characteristic is shown only for servers.

Default: noncourier
Value: courier or noncourier

automatic tdf change
Specifies whether automatic changes to the time differential factor are enabled or disabled; the value is determined by the operating system.

Default: true
Value: true/false

check interval
Specifies the amount of time between checks for faulty servers. Applicable only to servers that have external time providers. This characteristic is shown only for servers.

Default: 0-01:30:00.00
Value: 0-00:00:30.000 10675199-02:48:05.478

clock adjustment rate
Specifies the rate at which the DTS server or clerk entity adjusts the node's clock during a synchronization.

clock resolution
Specifies the amount of time between system clock ticks. The value is determined by the operating system.

courier role
Specifies a server's interaction with the set of global servers. This characteristic is shown only for servers.

backup courier
The local server becomes a courier if none are available on the LAN.

courier
The local server synchronizes with the global set of servers.

noncourier
The local server does not synchronize with the global set of servers.

Default: noncourier

DTS version
Specifies the DTS software version installed on the node.

epoch number
Specifies the server's epoch number. The change command modifies this characteristic. This characteristic is shown only for servers.

Default: 0
Value: 0255

error tolerance
Specifies the maximum separation allowed between the local clock and the computed time before synchronization becomes abrupt rather than gradual (monotonic).

Default: 0-00:10:00.000
Value: 0-00:00:00.500 10675199-02:48:05.478

global set timeout
Specifies the amount of time the node waits for a response to a WAN synchronization request before sending another request or declaring a global server to be unavailable. The number of attempts made to reach the server is controlled by the query attempts characteristic.

Default: 0-00:00:15.000
Value: 0-00:00:00.000 - 0-00:10:00.000

local set timeout
Specifies the amount of time the node waits for a response to a synchronization request before sending another request or declaring a server to be unavailable. The number of attempts made to reach the server is controlled by the query attempts characteristic.

Default: 0-00:00:05.000
Value: 0-00:00:00.000 0-00:10:00.000

local time differential factor
Specifies the Time Differential Factor (TDF), which is the amount of time the server varies from Greenwich mean time (GMT) or Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Default: 0-00:00:00.000
Value: -13-00:00:00 13-00:00:00

maximum clock drift rate
Specifies the worst-case drift rate of the node's clock, in nanoseconds per second, as determined by the manufacturer's specifications.

maximum inaccuracy
Specifies the inaccuracy limit for the node. When the node exceeds the maximum inaccuracy setting, it attempts to synchronize.

Default: 0-00:00:00.100
Value: 0-00:00:00.0 10675199-02:48:05.478

next tdf change
Specifies the future time at which the time differential factor is automatically changed. The value is determined by the operating system.

query attempts
Specifies the number of attempts that a node makes to contact a server before the node considers the server unavailable.

Default: 3
Value: 110

server entry name
Specifies a server's ACL entry name; <hostname> represents the name of the system or node that is the server's client. The default setting is the recommended value. This characteristic is shown only for servers.

Default: /.:/hosts/<hostname>/dts-entity

server group name
Specifies the security group name for the time servers within the cell.

Default: /.:/subsys/dce/dts-servers

server principal name
Specifies a server's principal name for authentication purposes; <hostname> represents the name of the system or node that is the server's client. The default setting is the recommended value. This characteristic is shown only for servers.

Default: /.:/hosts/<hostname>/self

servers required
Specifies the minimum number of servers required for a synchronization. Settings of 1 or 2 may cause unreliable computed times.

Default: 3
Value: 110

synchronization hold down
Specifies the interval a node must wait to synchronize. Also specifies synchronization frequency when a node reaches the value specified by the maximum inaccuracy characteristic.

Clerks:

Default: 0-00:10:00.0
Value: 0-00:00:30.0 01 00:00:00.00

Servers:

Default: 0-00:02.00.0
Value: 0-00:00:30.0 01 00:00:00.00

time provider present
Specifies whether the entity used an external time provider at the last successful synchronization. This attribute applies to servers only.

time representation version
Specifies the timestamp format used by the node.

type
Specifies whether the node is a DTS server or clerk. The create command modifies this characteristic.