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NTP Client Sync not working

hi guys

I have 7 Red Hat servers 5.7 there are 2 NTP Severs based on Windows. These two servers are used by Windows and Linux Machines for time sync...Windows Servers sync fine nut my 7 Red Hat are not

I use the ntpdate -u NTP1 NTP2 and time is sync but one one later time is not sync anymore
In fact I configured them yesterday and today there are one hour ahead....

This is my configuration
1. Configure /etc/ntp.conf

Code:

restrict default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery

restrict -6 default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery



restrict 127.0.0.1

restrict -6 ::1



# Use public servers from the pool.ntp.org project.

server 101.122.3.111

server 101.122.6.112



broadcastdelay  0.008

authenticate no



server  127.127.1.0    # local clock

fudge  127.127.1.0 stratum 10



keys /etc/ntp/keys

2. set the date

Code:

ntpdate -u NTP1 NTP2

3. Start the NTP daemon

Code:

service ntpd start

4. Add ntpd to bootup

Code:

chkconfig ntpd on

any idea why is this happening?
I mean I configured NTP before but in Linux-Linux environment and they have worked....now the clock for these linux is going faster

thanks a lot for any input

not without some useful information... what does "ntpq -pn" say? where are these ntp servers syncing to themselves?

Quote:

Originally Posted by acid_kewpie (Post 4497676)

not without some useful information... what does "ntpq -pn" say? where are these ntp servers syncing to themselves?

I am not onsite right now but this was an output I took yesterday

ntpq
ntpq> peers
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
==============================================================================
crcordc01.bacne 10.124.50.52 4 u 936 1024 377 0.887 -22208. 17615.0
crcordc02.bacne 10.124.50.52 4 u 933 1024 377 0.707 -22147. 17667.9
*LOCAL(0) .LOCL. 10 l 5 64 377 0.000 0.000 0.001

I can go today and take the command you asked

about where windows NTP Servers are sync let me find out that for you

well they are syncing to 10.124.50.52 as the output shows. Looks like the time provided is too far off to sync, what happens if you ntpdate again and start ntpd again?

hi guys

I went onsite.

Some stuff I discovered today. First of all these Linux are Virtual Machines running on Hyper-V in case this is relevant I am mentioning.

Second these are 7 server.

1 Red Hat 5.7 x64 - Sync with external NTPs since it has internet access 0.rhel.pool.ntp.org - 1.rhel.pool.ntp.org This server is working just fine time is always OK. But at this time I don't why is that. I mean
is it because RH 5.7 has better time sync than RH 5.5? or is it because is using this public NTPs?

6 Red Hat 5.5 x64 - These are in a DMZ so they synchronize with 2 Windows Servers which are synchronizing with another NTP Servers in USA and these servers which are in USA are synchronizing with public NTPs like the ones above.

now let me show you some output of the ntpq -pn command

RH 5.7
As you can see NTP 38.229.71.1 is being used as NTP Server

Code:

remote          refid      st t when poll reach  delay  offset  jitter

==============================================================================

+184.22.51.42    128.118.25.5    2 u  57  64  37  36.844  -8.795  26.897

*38.229.71.1    172.16.65.22    2 u  52  64  37  91.484  -12.876  28.096

+71.252.219.43  69.25.96.13      2 u  47  64  37  84.564  -3.186  28.744

 127.127.1.0    .LOCL.          10 l  25  64  77    0.000    0.000  0.001

Now output from the servers where time goes fast
As you can see I waited for about 30-45 minutes and 127.127.1.0 always was the source
you know the 10.x.x.x should be elected in order to be an external NTP server to sync with but these 2 servers never got sync with the NTP servers configured in its ntp.conf

Code:

    remote          refid      st t when poll reach  delay  offset  jitter

==============================================================================

 10.122.2.198    10.124.50.52    4 u  197 1024  377    1.079  -55406. 30150.0

 10.122.5.177    10.124.50.52    4 u  209 1024  377    0.849  -55135. 30095.1

*127.127.1.0    .LOCL.          10 l    1  64  377    0.000    0.000  0.001



    remote          refid      st t when poll reach  delay  offset  jitter

==============================================================================

 10.122.2.198    10.124.50.52    4 u  20  64  37    1.011  -7434.2 3958.52

 10.122.5.177    10.124.50.52    4 u  20  64  37    1.205  -3130.6 2773.80

*127.127.1.0    .LOCL.          10 l  15  64  37    0.000    0.000  0.001

now /etc/ntp.conf is identical for RH 5.7 and RH 5.5 obviously NTP Servers changes.

Code:

restrict default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery

restrict -6 default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery



restrict 127.0.0.1

restrict -6 ::1



RH 5.7

server 0.rhel.pool.ntp.org

server 1.rhel.pool.ntp.org



RH 5.5

server 10.122.2.198

server 10.122.5.177



server  127.127.1.0    # local clock

fudge  127.127.1.0 stratum 10



driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift



keys /etc/ntp/keys

Final no errors in messages...
and iptables and ip6tables are stopped

any input or ideas guys?

thanks a lot