Windows server 2003 NTP question
I keep on getting "The computer did not resync because no time data was available." Does any here know of a FREE and don't have to "registere" a NTP server I can try to sync up to to see if the current NTP server is not working anymore Thanks.MSB
June 6th, 2012 2:10pm
Hi Marc,
I would personally use pool.ntp.org they have a huge cluster of NTP servers. It is one of the Largest NTP clusters and is the default NTP on almost all Linux distros(Hence free to use/No registration) and Is one I personally use.
To change the NTP server do the following.
Stop the time service
net stop w32time
Then configure the time source
w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX,0x8 /syncfromflags:MANUAL /reliable:yes /update
The X's can be the IP address of the time server or the domain name of a time server such as
pool.ntp.org
Once the command above is done you need to start the W32Time service
net start w32time w32tm /resync
Next you need to sync all of your client PC's to the domain controller. You can do the following from the command line.
net stop w32time
w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:peers /syncfromflags:DOMHIER /update
net start w32time
w32tm /resync
Kind Regards,
Liam Kenneally
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June 6th, 2012 6:55pm