Re: Setting Unix System Time fools Informix

> We are running Informix 7.20.UC2 on two DEC Prioris machines running SCO > 3.2.5.0. We are running with DRAUTO=2. Normal state is one machine On-line > Primary, the other Secondary. When we change the time on one of the Unix > boxes, Informix decides to make both machines Primary. Informix support say > this is something which cannot be avoided as the system time is exchanged > in the ping packets between the machines, and discrepancies will be > interpreted as one machine going down. > > My question is: Does anyone have a workaround for this problem ? We need to > attach our machines to a Time of Day Clock source from a satellite receiver > ! > > Greg McClure (CEM Systems Ltd) gmcclure@devel.cemsys.com > Greg, If your port of SCO UNIX supports NTP (Network Time Protocol) then you might consider using it to set the clocks on both machines to some centralized time server (or to a third node where the satellite receiver is attached). The tcpip startup file (/etc/init.d/tcpip ?) is usually where the ntpd (Network Time Protocol Daemon) start commands are located, and the /etc/ntp.conf file contains the configuration information for the ntpd. Information like the tcpip address of the node (or nodes) you wish to sync to, as well as which version of time stamps to use is contained in this file. -- Regards, Walter S. Tyszka (wstyszka@ingr.com) * Standard disclaimers apply *