Prerequisites: VM/ Physical – It is recommended to have the time server as a physical server, but VMs should be okay depending on your setup and requirement. My virtual lab environment is VMware based so here’s the guide for a VM. Once the CentOS Minimal is installed on the VM make sure to install open-vm-tools….
Tag: NTP
Updating the system time on Server 2008R2 & 2012R2 using NTP Servers
To update, use the command below (2008 and 2012 server compatible)
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w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:"ntp_server" /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update |
change the ntp_server with your source. Check http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi for servers Restart the time service
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net stop w32time net start w32time |
Resync the time
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w32tm /resync |
Verify your sync status
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w32tm /query /status |
Commands above should be fine if your sources are working correctly and/or your connection is OK (firewall or Microsoft Forefront…