Chapter 8. Preparing for Sysplex and configuring Server Time Protocol

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Preparing for Sysplex and configuring Server Time Protocol

This chapter describes the preparation tasks for IBM Parallel Sysplex and how to configure time synchronization with Server Time Protocol (STP).

This chapter includes the following topics:

•Preparing for Parallel Sysplex

•Preparing for non-sysplex system time synchronization

•Server Time Protocol overview

•Configuring the HMC as an NTP server

•What is new in HMC V2.14.0 (Manage System Time task)

•Single server STP-only CTN

•Adding the z14 server to an existing CTN

•Assign an STP role ...

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