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vlannoob
Asked: 2012-02-09 00:10:12 +0800 CST

2008DC Time Server

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OK, stupid question for the day ;)

How do I setup a 2008R2DC to be the domain time server? I have the link to the MS KB article and I have the link to the pool.ntp.org site with a whole bunch of addresses I am supposed to use...but for the life of me its not penetrating my skull.

Can someone break it down for me in far more simpler terms ;)

I even downloaded the 'Fix it for me' tool from MS in that KB article - the external one, and tried cutting and pasting the top two server x.pool.ntp.org links into the fix it for me wizard and it didn't work. I am positive I am just overlooking one small crucial detail to make it sync in ;)

As always, any and all help is greatly appreciated ;)

time windows-server-2008-r2

3 Answers

  1. Firstly, your DC's ARE network time servers by default, so you don't need to 'enable' that as a feature or anything.

    All you're trying to do is synchronise it with an external time server. To do that, type the following in a command prompt:

    W32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist: 0.uk.pool.ntp.org,1.uk.pool.ntp.org,2.uk.pool.ntp.org
W32tm /config /reliable:yes
W32tm /config /update
W32tm /resync

    Changing the NTP servers to whatever you want, of course.

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  2. How do I setup a 2008R2DC to be the domain time server?

    You make it the PDC emulator (role assignment for a PDC). The PDC emulator is the authoritative tiem source within the domain unless youone astarts brutally playing around with GPO's.

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  3. Best Answer

    This was the line, which I edited for my Zone ntp servers, I used successfully on my Win2008R2 DC:

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

    Hope it helps someone sometime ;)

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