Setting up time management

 

To begin taking advantage of the time management function, you need to set up your systems to use time management. For example, you need to set up your systems to use time zones and time adjustment applications. Complete the following tasks:

1. Examining your network of systems
   Before setting up your systems to use time management, you need to examine your systems with respect to which time zone to use and whether your systems meet the proper hardware and software requirements necessary to make time adjustments.
2. Setting the time zone (QTIMZON) system value
   You can set the QTIMZON system value before upgrading i5/OS^® software, during an initial program load (IPL), or after the installation using iSeries Navigator.
3. Setting up time maintenance
   If you want to use a time maintenance application to synchronize your system time with an external time source, you need to configure the time maintenance application on each system. You can use the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) time maintenance application or an application of your own.

 

Parent topic:

Time management

Related concepts
Managing time zones Managing system time