My opinion on NTP is different.  However, I do not use the HP3000 systems as
the NTP server.  Instead I use a corporate NTP server (probably on a unix
box, which is synchronized to a government time server.

The ntp client executable that I have is called NTPDATE.  I think it is
included in Mark Bixby's routines.  I use it in a command file to compare
the system date and time to the server.  If it is more than 30 seconds off,
I automatically use the same program with a different parameter to adjust
the time.  If it is more than 45 seconds off, I send a message/page, as
something is up (like a time test or a reboot and someone forgot to set the
hardware clock.)  I have my proactive HP3000 monitor doing this on all my
systems every 10-20 minutes.

Before a patch, I had seen heavily loaded systems experience time drift.
This routine was a life saver.

Mark R

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