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Select Tools»Options to display the
Options dialog box.
- Select Shared Variable Engine from the
Category list to display the Shared
Variable Engine Options page.
Notice the Time server search order list. Any computer
that is running the time synchronization service can serve as a time server or a
time client. The primary time server is the first computer listed in the
Time Server Search Order list. If no computer is set
as a primary time server, the computer synchronizes to itself.
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To add a computer to the Time server search order list,
click the Add button to display the Select
Computer dialog box.
- If you know the name of the computer you want to add, you can type the name
into the Host text box. If you do not know the exact name
of the computer, you can browse for the computer using the network tree in the
Machines list.
To remove a computer from the Time server search order
list, select the computer name and click the Remove
button.
- To change the order in which computers search for a time synchronization server, select the computer name and click the Up or Down button.
- Use Sleep time (seconds) to set how long each computer
waits between each synchronization. Set the primary time synchronization server
sleep time to 60 seconds.
If the primary server is off-line for some reason, a computer scheduled to
synchronize automatically seeks out the second computer on the synchronization
server list. At the time of the next synchronization, the computer first looks
for the primary server before seeking a secondary synchronization server.
- Click the OK button.
- Repeat steps 4 through 8 for all computers on the network that you want to synchronize to make sure that the order of search for time servers is the same for all the computers, including the primary time synchronization server.