RE: Linux server time getting out of sync frequently.

as i thought!!

you're going to need to do some research, because i can't recall where the
info is for your issue.

rhel/vmware is known to cause timing issues with the rhel guest os.

search google for things like: vmware linux timing sync (etc..)

as i recall, there are a few parameters you can set within the vmware app
for the guest os, in order to sync the timing, and to stop the skew from
occuring...

i think you might also have to modify the kernel startup attributes.

the behavior you're seeing has nothing to do with your ntp setup..

good luck!!


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of unix syzadmin
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:40 PM
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Subject: Re: Linux server time getting out of sync frequently.


Hi,

This is a linux virtual machine on VMware3 virtual infrastructure.

Thanks.

On 5/27/08, bruce <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


is this a straight rhel install, or is it running an vmware or some
virtual
system?


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Subject: Linux server time getting out of sync frequently.


Time on my linux server gets out of sync. The ntpd service is setup...
and
we have configured /etc/ntp.conf accordingly.
This is the only linux server that is having this problem. Also some
times... I find ntp service is dead. Please suggest.

# service ntpd status
ntpd dead but pid file exists


# date
Tue May 27 02:52:44 EDT 2008

# ntpdate -u ntpserver
27 May 08:41:37 ntpdate[10330]: step time server 10.38.9.74 offset
20927.946559 sec

# date
Tue May 27 08:41:38 EDT 2008

# more /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 5)

# uname -a
Linux srvr017 2.6.9-55.0.2.EL #1 Tue Jun 12 17:47:10 EDT 2007 i686 athlon
i386 GNU/Linux

# rpm -qa | grep tzdata
tzdata-2007f-1.el4
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