My domain controller isn't synchronized to a valid time source.   In an attempt to follow some instructions I get the following error

C:\>w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist: "0.ntp.pool.org, 1.ntp.pool.org, 2.ntp.pool.org"

The following arguments were unexpected:
 0.ntp.pool.org, 1.ntp.pool.org, 2.ntp.pool.org

C:\>

_Instructions I was following___________

1. First, locate your PDC
2.  Server. Open the command prompt and type: C:\>netdom /query fsmo
3. Log in to your PDC Server and open the command prompt.
4. Stop the W32Time service: C:\>net stop w32time
5. Configure the external time sources, type: C:\> w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist: “0.ntp.pool.org, 1.ntp.pool.org, 2.ntp.pool.org”
6. Make your PDC a reliable time source for the clients. Type: C:\>w32tm /config /reliable:yes
7. Start the w32time service: C:\>net start w32time
8. The windows time service should begin synchronizing the time. You can check the external NTP servers in the time configuration by typing: C:\>w32tm /query /configuration
9. Check the Event Viewer for any errors.

thx

Hi CPMTECH,

To configure the Windows Time Service on first forest root domain controller

1. Log on to the domain controller.
2. Type the following command to display the time difference between the local computer and a target computer, and then press ENTER:
   
   w32tm /stripchart /computer:target/samples:1/dataonly
   
   Where target specifies the DNS name or IP address of the NTP server that you are comparing the local computer's time against, such as time.windows.com and 1 specifies the number of time samples that will be returned from the target computer. In this example, only one sample will be returned to test basic NTP communication.
3. Open UDP port 123 for outgoing traffic if needed.
4. Open UDP port 123 (or a different port you have selected) for incoming NTP traffic.
   
   Type the following command to configure the PDC emulator and then press ENTER:
   
   w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:peers /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update
   
   Peers specifies the list of DNS names and/or IP addresses of the NTP time source that the PDC emulator synchronizes from. For example, you can specify time.windows.com. When specifying multiple peers, use a space as the delimiter and enclose them in quotation marks.
   
   http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc784929(WS.10).aspx

Skip step 2 complete step 5 first then step 2.

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The peer list entries are space delimited. 

Try this:

w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist: "0.ntp.pool.org,0x1 1.ntp.pool.org,0x1 2.ntp.pool.org,0x1"

Tony

• Proposed as answer by Sainath IRP_MJ_CREATEMVP, Moderator Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:52 AM
• Marked as answer by Miles ZhangModerator Thursday, February 04, 2010 9:30 AM

Hi CPMTECH,

Below are two which I have test on my (test DC) Windows Server 2008 R2 which working correctly. 

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:"0.asia.pool.ntp.org 1.asia.pool.ntp.org 2.asia.pool.ntp.org" /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:"0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org" /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update

http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/use.htm


Try to get it right, so try again. 

Take Note : there are some typing error in your time server name