[ntp:questions] change ntp source port

2013-10-21 Thread Riccardo Castellani
My Linux NTP client queries 'time' by source port '123', can I change this number into unprivileged one ? ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] R: Re: debugging strange ntpin virtual environment

2013-09-19 Thread Riccardo Castellani
"unruh" ha scritto nel messaggio news:xzI_t.106385$_q4.85...@fx01.iad... vers is the same. It seems to now, and then that machine becomes loaded, with one of the other virtual machine taking up loads of time, and suddenly your time has gone to hell. This is how you want a server to behave? S

[ntp:questions] tnp server on linux guest machine (vmware)

2013-09-19 Thread Riccardo Castellani
Do you think it's good idea install time server into guest Linux machine ? I read something time and I think to use physical machine, it's right ? ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

[ntp:questions] R: Re: debugging strange ntp in virtual environment

2013-09-19 Thread Riccardo Castellani
David Woolley wrote: >The basic problems with running ntpd on VMs are that simulated real time >can run at variable rates, compared with true real time, and there can >be large scheduling delays, which compromise the accuracy of offset measurement. What means simulated real time can run at "v

[ntp:questions] R: Re: debugging strange ntp in virtual environment

2013-09-18 Thread Riccardo Castellani
>> This NTP server is a virtual machine (by P2V) but few months ago it was > working fine. >Time control on a virtual machine is in general terrible. You should be >having the underlying OS running ntp and having your virtual OS getting >the time from that underlying OS. So ntpd service, which

[ntp:questions] R: Re: debugging strange ntp in virtual environment

2013-09-18 Thread Riccardo Castellani
if it adjusted hardwrae clock it shuld modify hardware clock directly on ESX server (where there are running 0 virtual machine) ?! >Harlan Stenn wrote: >Riccardo - is this some sort of "we've only qualified OS version foo >but we need to run on new hardware which does not sup

[ntp:questions] debugging strange ntp in virtual environment

2013-09-18 Thread Riccardo Castellani
My NTP server has strange problem and my clients cannot update their time clock. My NTP server is Linux and NTP version is 4.2.0.a This NTP server is a virtual machine (by P2V) but few months ago it was working fine. My clients get following msg when I run ntpd daemon: 'no server suitable for s

[ntp:questions] debugging level in ntp.conf

2013-09-18 Thread Riccardo Castellani
Which entry I have to add to ntp.conf to increase log level for daemon ? I found no documents about it, I can add only '-d' or '-D' option to 'ntp' but only if I run EXE file directly from shell. ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org h

[ntp:questions] offset increases

2013-09-18 Thread Riccardo Castellani
My Linux NTP server, which gives time to all my servers, has a strange behavior because when I set clock by 'ntpdate' command and later ntpd starts I can see 'offset' value increases until to these value: remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ===

[ntp:questions] client configuration: it's sufficient 3 servers ?

2013-05-24 Thread Riccardo Castellani
If I have 3 internal NTP servers, what do you think if my clients have all these 3 servers in their configuration ? According to '5.3.2. Why should I have more than one clock?' in 'http://www.ntp.org/ntpfaq/NTP-s-algo-real.htm#Q-NTP-ALGO I read 2 servers, it's worst case, but also 3... ___

Re: [ntp:questions] ntp architecture

2013-05-23 Thread Riccardo Castellani
. (unfortunately many manufacturers put those lines in example configs) on 21/05/2013 14:31, Riccardo Castellani wrote: > n.4 srv Internet--> server A > > server A --> server B > server > A --> server C > > A is my internal source > B,C are cluster machine so h

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-23 Thread Riccardo Castellani
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing On 2013-05-23, Riccardo Castellani wrote: You thought right, xntpd says "synchronisation lost" every 20 minutes, drift file is about 855, xntpd daemon is running from about 1 year. In thes

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-23 Thread Riccardo Castellani
To: Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:44 PM Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing Riccardo Castellani wrote: Ok, but I want to remove all 3 following lines from my HP-UX server ? server 127.127.1.0 fudge 127.127.1.0 restrict 127.127.1.0 mask 255.255.255.255 Yes. Never put th

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-23 Thread Riccardo Castellani
Ok, but I want to remove all 3 following lines from my HP-UX server ? server 127.127.1.0 fudge 127.127.1.0 restrict 127.127.1.0 mask 255.255.255.255 - Original Message - From: "Rob" Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp To: Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [ntp:que

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-23 Thread Riccardo Castellani
My thought this NTP architecture : - n.1 server Linux (both on public and on private network) and It contains n. 4 NTP servers having stratum 1. This server gives time only to following servers: - n.3 server blade HP-UX where each server points to NTP server Linux. These 3 servers give time to cli

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-23 Thread Riccardo Castellani
Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing On 2013-05-23, Riccardo Castellani wrote: I can see usually offset increases until 700 or 800 and it keeps this value, It keeps this value means it's stable for many months, it's doesnt change 800 what? if the offset is greater th

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-23 Thread Riccardo Castellani
What do you think if I set drift file to '0' value ? Do you think this ntp behaviour happens again ? I'm able not to understand if my problem is hardware clock frequency which ntp cannot deal ! "Riccardo Castellani" writes: > I can see usually offset increases u

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-23 Thread Riccardo Castellani
u9 64 377 0.61 -0.3500.11 127.127.1.1 127.127.1.1 10 l8 64 377 0.000.000 10.01 I'm worried because after many months I wouldn't like to find the same behaviour. I have no other software to discipline time. Riccardo Castellani wrote: >>>

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-22 Thread Riccardo Castellani
013 10:50 PM Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing Riccardo Castellani wrote: Remove these until you get it working, and then only re-add them if the system is serving time to downstream systems and you really understand why you are using them. Leaf systems never need it a

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-22 Thread Riccardo Castellani
I tested 3 identical server with the same hardware, after one day offset is the same value. I have to reset drift file ? Now is 855. - Original Message - From: "Rob" Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp To: Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-22 Thread Riccardo Castellani
otocols.time.ntp To: Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:52 PM Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing Riccardo Castellani wrote: server 127.127.1.1 fudge 127.127.1.1 stratum 10 # show poor quality Remove these until you get it working, and then only re-add them if the system is serv

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-22 Thread Riccardo Castellani
to TOD chip and that may be part of the problem. Otherwise, take the offset at the end and subtract the offset at the beginning then divide by the time between the start and the end. That will give you the drift rate. If that rate is larger than 500 parts per million, then NTP cannot corre

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-21 Thread Riccardo Castellani
dward.mischanko=arcelormittal@lists.ntp.org] On Behalf Of Riccardo Castellani Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:58 AM To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing I'm using n. 1 ntp server (XNTPD daemon on HP-UX, called FORCLIENTS, 192.168.1.240) for my clien

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-21 Thread Riccardo Castellani
ur clients to sync to, isn't it? Regards, Ed -Original Message- From: questions-bounces+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal@lists.ntp.org [mailto:questions- bounces+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal@lists.ntp.org] On Behalf Of Riccardo Castellani Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:58 AM To: question

[ntp:questions] ntp architecture

2013-05-21 Thread Riccardo Castellani
What do you think about this NTP configuration for my company ? I have n.1 NTP server called 'A' (which is among private and pubblic network) and it retrieves time from 4 time servers on Internet. I have n.2 NTP server called 'B' and 'C' (which are in private network) and they are used from cli

[ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-21 Thread Riccardo Castellani
I'm using n. 1 ntp server (XNTPD daemon on HP-UX, called FORCLIENTS, 192.168.1.240) for my clients and I'm obtaining the message "synchronization lost" about every 20 minutes. Source time is another server (MASTER) on my lan which updates its time directly from Internet servers. MASTER is OK

[ntp:questions] ntpd vs ntpd -qg

2011-10-13 Thread RICCARDO
What do you think about usage of 'ntpd -qd' command or 'ntpd' daemon for synchronization for client ? What differences ? ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

[ntp:questions] kernel time discipline status codes

2011-01-20 Thread RICCARDO
Waht can you say about this message in message log ? 1- ntpd: ntpd startup succeeded ntpd[19428]: signal_no_reset: signal 13 had flags 400 ntpd[19428]: precision = 11 usec ntpd[19428]: kernel time discipline status 0040 ntpd[19428]: running as uid(38)/gid(38) euid(38)/egid(38) 2- ntpd[19428]

[ntp:questions] linux client configuration

2011-01-17 Thread RICCARDO
If I want to set 2 time server (main and backup), What's typical configuration for ntpd client for linux ? If I had: restrict default ignore restrict 127.0.0.1 restrict Main nomodify nopeer notrap noquery restrict Backup nomodify nopeer notrap noquery server Main server Backup I see there are 2

Re: [ntp:questions] Use ntpd as a daemon so that it continuously disciplines clock, no

2011-01-15 Thread RICCARDO
On 14 Gen, 22:24, Steve Kostecke wrote: > "ric.castell...@alice.it" said: > > > I want to use ntpd as a daemon on client to synchronize to my NTP > > server of company lan. > > Can I avoid ntpd service doesn't listen to port 123 on this client ? > > I'd like using only this service for synchronizi

[ntp:questions] Use ntpd as a daemon so that it continuously disciplines clock, no listen port

2011-01-14 Thread RICCARDO
I want to use ntpd as a daemon on client to synchronize to my NTP server of company lan. Can I avoid ntpd service doesn't listen to port 123 on this client ? I'd like using only this service for synchronizing to ntp server, but no listen port ! ___ quest

[ntp:questions] set time in Llinux client

2011-01-05 Thread RICCARDO
How can I set ntp Linux client to retrieve time from my ntp internal service ? By ntpd service in /etc/init.d or by inserting 'ntpd' in crontab ? ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

[ntp:questions] set time in Linux client

2011-01-05 Thread RICCARDO
How can I set ntp Linux client to retrieve time from my ntp internal service ? By ntpd service in /etc/init.d or by inserting 'ntpd' in crontab ? ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd -qg sleeping processes

2010-12-31 Thread RICCARDO
On 31 Dic, 15:49, Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> wrote: > RICCARDO wrote: > > > I scheduled process in crontab on all machines: > > 00 05 * * * /usr/sbin/ntpd -qg > > > I can't understand where it was problem because if now I run ntp

[ntp:questions] ntpd -qg sleeping processes

2010-12-31 Thread RICCARDO
I can note on several Linux servers (Fedora Core) 5 ntpd processes . USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1981 0.0 0.2 2556 2552 ?SL Dec16 0:00 /usr/ sbin/ntpd -qg root 4186 0.0 0.2 2900 2896 ?SL Dec17 0:00 /usr/ sbin/

Re: [ntp:questions] service w32tm for client put into MS domain

2010-07-27 Thread RICCARDO
On 27 Lug, 09:07, "Maarten Wiltink" wrote: > "RICCARDO" wrote in message > > news:cc308ec7-ac80-4bcd-ae55-b0d8c527b...@u11g2000vbd.googlegroups.com... > > > If I put my Win XP client into Microsoft domain, it will synchronize > > to my domai controlle

[ntp:questions] service w32tm for client put into MS domain

2010-07-26 Thread RICCARDO
If I put my Win XP client into Microsoft domain, it will synchronize to my domai controller ? Where I can verify this configuration to be sure it will take time from DC and not external source ? ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://l

[ntp:questions] Cheking if clients are update ?!

2008-01-22 Thread RICCARDO
I'd like checking from my ntpd daemon (time server) if clients synchronize themselves to this one. Which tools or command can I use ? ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions