[Info-vax] NTP Error 0.000977

[Jose Baars]

On 30 aug, 20:25, Grant <grantmacdon... at eastlink.ca> wrote:
>
> date, ntp[538969125]: offset: 0.000000 sec freq: 62.720 ppm poll 16
> sec error: 0.000977
>
That is not an error, that is normal logging.

If your process TCPIP$NTP_% is not running,
check the sys$specific:[tcpip$ntp] directory,
and make sure the logfiles have not reached
the maximum version limit (;32767). If so,
delete or rename them and start NTP again by
@sys$manager:tcpip$ntp_shutdown
@sys$manager:tcpip$ntp_startup


If your TCPIP$NTP_1 is running, confirm
proper operation, for a first check try
this on your system :

$ @sys$manager:tcpip$symbols
$ ntpq -np

you should see something like this:

     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay
offset  jitter
==============================================================================
*10.11.22.67    146.170.71.17    4 u  882 1024  377    0.488
1.988   2.951

Important is the little star at the start of the line,
this says ntp has selected the server as it's
current source. Under the when is the time
in milliseconds this source was checked.

check (for instance) this page to do some
proper trouble shooting:

http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/debug.html

Good luck,
jose