Active Directory domain time in my lab domain has been off by a few minutes of UTC time for a while now. Resetting time across an Active Directory domain is a straight forward process using the W32tm
command line tool. My first step was to determine the current AD domain time source on my client:
PS C:\> w32tm /query /source
WS2012R2.domainname.net
Explore the options available with the w32tm
tool:
PS C:\> w32tm | more
At this time, I am more interested in the /config switch of the w32tm tool and it's available parameters :
w32tm /config [/computer:] [/update]
[/manualpeerlist:] [/syncfromflags:]
[/LocalClockDispersion:]
[/reliable:(YES|NO)]
[/largephaseoffset:]
Configure the Domain Controller 'WS2012R2' as Time Server:
PS C:\Users\admin\> w32tm /config /computer:ws2012r2 /manualpeerlist:time.windows.com /reliable:YES /syncfromflags:Manual /update
The command completed successfully.
Resync the Time on The Server:
[ws2012r2]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> w32tm /resync /nowait /rediscover
Sending resync command to local computer
The command completed successfully.
Restart the Time Service:
[ws2012r2]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> Restart-Service -Name w32time
Query for the current Time Source:
[ws2012r2]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> w32tm /query /source
time.windows.com
Configure the second domain controller (DC01) Time Source as WS2012R2 :
PS C:\> Enter-PSSession -ComputerName dc01
[dc01]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> w32tm /query /source
VM IC Time Synchronization Provider
[dc01]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update
The command completed successfully.
[dc01]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> Restart-Service -Name w32time
[dc01]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> w32tm /resync /nowait /rediscover
Sending resync command to local computer
The command completed successfully.
Disable VM Time Synchronization on the second domain controller (DC01):
Verify Time Source on DC01 :
[dc01]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> w32tm /query /source
WS2012R2.domainname.net
The result of the query shows DC01 time source as WS2012R2 domain controller. The domain time on the client machines also automatically reset to the new time.
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