Mainframe NTP client?

GeekyLotus · New User Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Omaha, NE

Hi!

I have searched the forums and have found no information on NTP clients on Z/OS.

For security purposes, we need all of our various platforms to get their system time from a remote NTP server to stay synchronized.

We do not own the system we are on. Rather, we lease an LPAR on a large system. I don't know if this fact has bearing.

The owners of the mainframe say that we will need something called a sysplex timer to accomplish this. I would like some insight on why this might be needed. I would think that a simple NTP client should suffice. Does it have to do with multiple LPARS having minute and second differences on their system clocks?

Thank you.

Terry

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:23 am

Hello Terry and welcome to the forums,

GeekyLotus · New User Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Omaha, NE

It helps greatly. Thank you.

In case anyone is curious, this is to satisfy security requirements in an evironment where multiple systems are interacting. If there is a breach, you want to be able to count on the timestamps in the various security logs correlating, so we are seeking to make our machines synchronized.

Thanks again.

Terry

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:38 am

You're welcome

Thanks for the info.