After some research I usd the below setup time synchronization between my XP Pro SP2 client computers and my SBS 2003 server. The server is syncing with an external time source and the commands that I run on the server can be checked below:
w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:time.nist.gov,0x8 /syncfromflags:MANUAL
net stop w32time
net start w32time
w32tm /resync
Below is the commands that I am running on the clients:
net time /setsntp:<MY_SERVER>
w32tm /resync /nowait
They were working fine but from last couple of days I was getting the below event in the SBS 2003 System Event log:
Type: Error
Source: W32Time
Event ID: 46
Description: The time service encountered an error and was forced to shutdown. The error was: 0xC0020018
Type: Information
Source: W32Time
Event ID: 38
Description: The time provider NtpClient cannot reach or is currently
receiving invalid time data from <MY_SERVER>
(ntp.m|0x0|10.0.0.3:123->10.0.0.3:123).
Type: Warning
Source: W32Time
Event ID: 47
Description: Time Provider NtpClient: No valid response has been received from manually configured peer <MY_SERVER> after 8 attempts to contact it. This peer will be discarded as a time source and NtpClient will attempt to discover a new peer with this DNS name.
Type: Error
Source: W32Time
Event ID: 29
Description: The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for XX minutes. NtpClient has no source of accurate time.
Any ideas how to solve this problem? Thanks
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