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Trouble understanding NTP configuration
Were currently in the process of upgrading our domain controllers. One of our root domain controllers is set to receive time from an external time source and all the other domain controllers are set ...
Hard to say from what you just posted but for the PDC emulator
w32tm /unregister net stop w32time w32tm /register net start w32time w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:<ntp ip address> /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update net stop w32time net start w32timefor all the rest of domain members you can
w32tm /unregister net stop w32time w32tm /register net start w32time w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update net stop w32time net start w32time
Well this helped put a couple pieces together but the problem that our PDC emulator was never on the root server that the other DCs were pointed at and then was moved.
I found some registry edits on the root machine that the other DCs were getting time from and changed the old root to look like the other older ones and changed the new one to be the ntp server.
For some reason the upgraded servers are pointing to the correct server but the old ones still point at the older root server, even after an NTP restart.
Doesn't work exactly the way I was expecting and I'm still not sure why only the new ones will point at the new NTP server but hey it works.
I found some registry edits on the root machine that the other DCs were getting time from and changed the old root to look like the other older ones and changed the new one to be the ntp server.
For some reason the upgraded servers are pointing to the correct server but the old ones still point at the older root server, even after an NTP restart.
Doesn't work exactly the way I was expecting and I'm still not sure why only the new ones will point at the new NTP server but hey it works.
Hard to say from what you just posted but for the PDC emulator
w32tm /unregister
net stop w32time
w32tm /register
net start w32time
w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:<ntp ip address> /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update
net stop w32time
net start w32time
for all the rest of domain members you can
w32tm /unregister
net stop w32time
w32tm /register
net start w32time
w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update
net stop w32time
net start w32time