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jaypee_48824
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Jul 05, 2012

Inconsistent NTP times

Hi,

 

 

We have several BigIP LTM devices each configured with exactly the same NTP settings.

 

 

However, when I issue the clock command some devices are showing the correct time and others are showing the time less 1 hour.

 

 

I've issued the ntpq -np command but can not see any discrepencies between devices.

 

 

Are there any other checks i can perform in order to diagnose the problem?

 

 

Regards

 

 

Jay
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  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    Jul 05, 2012
    i understand ntp won't adjust time if difference is too large. do you know if initial time was in sync and all devices were able to communicate to ntpd properly?

     

     

    sol10240: Verifying Network Time Protocol peer server communications

     

    http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/10000/200/sol10240.html
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    jaypee_48824
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    Jul 09, 2012
    I will check this out.

     

    Unfortunately I didnt implement the orignal boxes so have no idea if time was in-sync prior to ntp configuration