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.

For your time maintenance application to make the necessary time adjustments, your system must meet the proper software and hardware requirements. To make time adjustments, use i5/OS^® V5R3, or later, with V4R5, or later hardware.

• Time maintenance application programming tips
  Here are some basic techniques for properly setting up a typical time maintenance application.

• Configuring your system to use SNTP as the time maintenance application
  If you do not have a time maintenance application of your own or you want to take advantage of the IBM-supplied time maintenance application, you can use Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP).

 

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