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Table of Contents
HP NonStop Time Synchronization User’s Guide ....................................................................... 1
Abstract ................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Product Version .................................................................................................................................................... 1
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs) .............................................................................................. 1
Document History ................................................................................................................................................ 2
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................... 3
What’s New in This Manual .......................................................................................................... 5
New and Changed Information ........................................................................................................................... 5
About This Manual ......................................................................................................................... 6
Audience ...................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Related Documents ................................................................................................................................................. 6
Manual Organization .............................................................................................................................................. 6
Notation Conventions ............................................................................................................................................ 6
Hypertext Links ..................................................................................................................................................... 6
General Syntax Notation ................................................................................................................................... 7
Notation for Messages ................................................................................................................................... 10
Notation for Management Programming Interfaces ........................................................................... 12
1. Overview ................................................................................................................................ 13
1.1. Introduction to NonStop TimeSync .................................................................................................. 13
1.2. NonStop TimeSync Features ............................................................................................................... 13
Key Features and Benefits .............................................................................................................................. 13
General Features ............................................................................................................................................... 14
Client Features ................................................................................................................................................... 14
Server Features .................................................................................................................................................. 14
TimeSync and Daylight Savings Time (DST) Transitions ..................................................................... 15
Safely Updating Local System Clocks ........................................................................................................ 16
1.3. NonStop TimeSync Architecture ........................................................................................................ 17
2. TimeSync Quick Start ........................................................................................................... 19
3. Installing NonStop TimeSync .............................................................................................. 21
3.1 Installing TimeSync on a NonStop Server....................................................................................... 21
3.2 Installing TimeSync on a Linux Server .............................................................................................. 22
3.3 Installing TimeSync on a Windows Server ...................................................................................... 25
4. Configuring TimeSync .......................................................................................................... 27
4.1 Location of the Configuration File ..................................................................................................... 27
4.2 Structure of the Configuration File .................................................................................................... 27
4.3 Configuration Options ........................................................................................................................... 29