Checking time synchronization

Use this procedure on the server before or after performing a repair. It allows you to contact all servers within this server's local database to request information about NDS and time synchronization.

If a replica of the root partition is contained on this server, then all servers in the Directory tree are contacted.

The following list describes the prerequesites:

• Access to scoadmin(1M)

• All servers in a Directory tree using the same time source

• Administer NetWare Server permission in UnixWare

1. From scoadmin, select NetWare, then select the Directory Services Repair utility.

2. Select Time synchronization.

   A window is available to allow you to observe the operations in process.

   Following the operation, the Directory Services Repair log is displayed within a full-screen text editor. You can annotate or modify the Directory Services Repair log if you want to.

   The Directory Services Repair log contains the following fields:

   Server Name

   All the server names known to the local Directory database. If this server contains a replica of the root partition, then this list contains all the servers in the tree.

   Version

   The version of DS.NLM running on the server.

   Replica Depth

   The replica depth field reports ``-1'' if no replicas are stored on the server or ``0'' if the server contains a replica of the root partition. A positive integer indicates how many objects down from the root the first replica is on that server.

   Time Source

   The time server type. This information helps you determine whether time synchronization for all the trees in the server is configured properly.

   All servers in a tree must be using the same time source.

   For example, if there are two Single time servers, you know that all servers in the tree cannot be polling the same time source and there is a configuration problem.

   Time in Sync

   The local time synchronization status on the server. The status should be ``Yes''. If it is ``No'', then the server is not able to contact its time source.

   Time +/-

   The difference in time between the local server and the selected server in the list. All servers should be within one second of each other; if they are not, they have not been configured properly.

   This field reports up to 999 minutes and 59 seconds (approximately 16 hours and 30 minutes) in the form minutes:seconds. If the time difference is greater than 16 hours and 30 minutes, then the maximum value is displayed as -999:59.

   A difference in time of more than a few minutes can indicate that the servers are using different time- source servers.