Hi Friends,
I'm facing a weird issue. Did anyone face similar issue? Any idea how to fix this?
My server time becomes fast by around 40 seconds within seconds of correction.
Due to this huge offset, NTP can not help us to sync the time. So I've rather decided to keep NTPD disabled for the timebeing.
I've tried to correct the hardware clock. For few seconds it shows the correct time but after around 10/15 seconds the time again becomes incorrect.
See below for an example on how my server time behaves,
Code:
[root@naughtyserver ~]# ntpdate 1.2.3.4; date
29 Aug 01:01:10 ntpdate[19120]: step time server 1.2.3.4 offset -37.250722 sec
Fri Aug 29 01:01:10 CDT 2014
[root@naughtyserver ~]# ntpdate 1.2.3.4; date
29 Aug 01:01:55 ntpdate[21368]: adjust time server 1.2.3.4 offset 0.001948 sec
Fri Aug 29 01:01:56 CDT 2014
[root@naughtyserver ~]# ntpdate 1.2.3.4; date
29 Aug 01:02:45 ntpdate[23553]: step time server 1.2.3.4 offset -37.250969 sec
Fri Aug 29 01:02:45 CDT 2014
[root@naughtyserver ~]#
As you can see, the time became incorrect within seconds
The server is hosted inside VMware. RHEL 6.1 x86 64bit. Other servers hosted inside the same VMware host are not facing the issue.