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Abstract
Server Time Protocol (STP) is a server-wide facility that is implemented in the Licensed Internal Code (LIC) of the IBM zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12), IBM zEnterprise 196 (z196), IBM zEnterprise 114 (z114), IBM System z10™ Enterprise Class (z10 EC), System z10 Business Class (z10 BC), IBM® System z9® Enterprise Class (z9 EC), and System z9 Business Class (z9 BC). It provides improved time synchronization in a sysplex or non-sysplex configuration.
This IBM Redbooks® publication will help you plan for and recover from a failure affecting your Mixed or STP-only Coordinated Timing Network. It is intended for technical support personnel requiring information about:
- Recovery concepts and definitions
- Identifying and taking appropriate actions for recovering from a failed component in a Coordinated Timing Network
Readers are expected to be familiar with IBM System z® technology and terminology. For planning information, refer to our companion book,
Table of contents
Part 1. Concepts and planning
Chapter 1. Concepts and considerations
Chapter 2. Recovery scenarios
Part 2. Implementation
Chapter 3. Recovery in a Mixed CTN
Chapter 4. Recovery in an STP-only CTN with BTS
Chapter 5. Recovery in an STP-only CTN with BTS and Arbiter
Chapter 6. External Time Source (ETS) recovery
Chapter 7. Restoring STP configuration across PORs in a single or dual CEC CTN
Disclaimer
These pages are Web versions of IBM Redbooks- and Redpapers-in-progress. They are published here for those who need the information now and may contain spelling, layout and grammatical errors.
This material has not been submitted to any formal IBM test and is published AS IS. It has not been the subject of rigorous review. Your feedback is welcomed to improve the usefulness of the material to others.
IBM assumes no responsibility for its accuracy or completeness. The use of this information or the implementation of any of these techniques is a customer responsibility and depends upon the customer's ability to evaluate and integrate them into the customer's operational environment.