SBS 2003 Time Sync

griffmaster · 20th March 2007

Got an SBS Server 2003 and 5 XP SP2 clients, all have different times and I am having issues getting them to all sync with the server and use that time.

Have tried the following commands with no luck

net time /setsntp:myserver

then tried: w32tm /stripchart /computer:myserver

This highlighted the offset still exists with clients. I finally tried the following:

w32tm /resync /computer:myserver

But I get the following message:
Sending resync command to myserver...
The computer did not resync because no time data was available.

I have also done what is suggested here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929276/en-us and everything seems fine.

Anyone got any ideas? Thanks.

Griffmaster

capabel · 20th March 2007

If you have a login script setup try adding the below time

net time \\%servername% /set /yes

griffmaster · 21st March 2007

I dont actually have any logon scripts, but if suggested then (with advice) I can make one. Only recently the noticed that time offsets, some PCs are worse tahn others.

capabel · 21st March 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by griffmaster

I dont actually have any logon scripts, but if suggested then (with advice) I can make one. Only recently the noticed that time offsets, some PCs are worse tahn others.

Login scripts can do a lot of very little to nothing,

create a batch file and just keep it simple call it logon.bat ad the lines

@echo off

net time \\%servername% /set /yes
net use h: \\%servername%\home\%userid%
EXIT

Put the logon.bat file in \\%servername%\sysvol\%domainname%\scripts

Modify the users profile in ad and and add logon.bat under the profile tab in the line that reads Logon script and your done. I added a line for you to map the users home drive if you want. Makes it easy to avoid data loss if data is setup on the server. Once that's setup try setting up roaming profiles.

TheWyrm · 8th April 2007

Hi All, Had a lot of issues with time sync when i first lit up 2K3 server.

http://www.pool.ntp.org/

Found a lot of useful config stuff here, If you register you can List your DC In the "Pool" according to country. Then your DC can sync from the pool, and your PC's can sync from DC. I have been running it for 2 yrs without a hitch. It's all free and Your not hooked into the "Big" Time servers.

All i did was register, change my net time /setsntp to "ca.pool.ntp.org" on my DC,(I have a small lan so i only need one entry), you can have up to five for good ping return. Then tell boxes to sync from local DC.

My lan is set up so DC Syncs to ca.pool.ntp.org.
My Networked boxes, are configged net time /setsntp: (Your Local Domain).

All works well, it even auto synced the recent Daylight Saving time change no prob. i thought FOR sure things were gonna go berzerk. The Ntp pool is free and run by a university. the more people that become active the bigger the pool, and the less load there is on the Major time servers.