5.2 Selecting the Mode of Migration

  1. In iManager, click Time Synchronization > Migration to display the Migrate Time Servers page.

  2. Select the method of migration, Automatic or Manual.

5.2.1 Automatically Migrating Servers

This is the default migration method and it can be used by a user who is new to NTP and prefers time synchronization services to be automatically set up in the eDirectory tree. The servers are migrated to NTPv3 based on a one-to-one mapping of timesync.cfg to ntp.conf.

  1. Select the servers to be migrated.

    Select servers to be migrated

  2. Click OK to confirm the migration.

    A time-out screen is displayed, followed by the status of monitored servers.

    For more information on monitoring the status of migrated servers, see Section 5.4, Monitoring the Health Status of Migrated Servers.

5.2.2 Manually Migrating Servers

This method can be used by a user who is familiar with NTP. It helps you create a group of servers and configure individual servers. Do the following tasks in order:

Adding or Removing Timesync Groups

To add a Timesync Group:

  1. On the Timesync Server Group page, click Add Group.

    Select servers to be migrated

  2. Select the servers to be added to the group, based on the IP address or server name filter, then click Next.

    IMPORTANT:The only permitted wildcard filter is the asterisk (*)

To remove a Timesync Group:

On the Timesync Server Group page, select the group to be excluded and click Remove Group.

Adding or Removing Servers from a Group

To add a server to a Group:

  1. Click Add Server to display a drop-down list.

    Add servers to a group

  2. Select the server you want, then click Add.

To remove a server from Group:

  1. Select one or more servers from the list displayed, then click Remove Server.