Chapter 35. Network Time Protocol
Chapter Syllabus
35.1 Introduction to NTP
35.2 Configuring the NTP Server
35.3 Configuring NTP Client
35.4 Using SAM to Configure NTP
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize a system clock with a reliable time source. Clock synchronization of all hosts on a network is often needed when you are running applications over a network that uses time in calculations. A common example of this is the use of incremental backup where file modification time is compared with the time of the previous backup. If the incremental backups are performed over a network, differences in system clock time among hosts may result in a wrong file selection. Manual synchronization of time on a large network is a particularly difficult ...
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