[Info-vax] NTP Error 0.000977

[Grant]

On Aug 31, 12:13 pm, Jose Baars <peutba... at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 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

Thanks for the responses.  Version and ntpq info below.  Please let me
know if you see anything:

$ tcpip show version

  HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Version V5.6
  on an HP rx4640  (1.50GHz/4.0MB) running OpenVMS V8.3

$ ntpq -np
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay
offset  jitter
==============================================================================
 131.138.201.208 .LOCL.           1 u  954 1024  377    1.000
-260370  39.102

Ntpq –np wouldn’t work on 2 other systems with a symbol not found
(tcpip$symbols was executed.)  Their versions though are:

$ tcpip show version

  HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Version V5.6 -
ECO 2
  on an HP rx6600  (1.59GHz/9.0MB) running OpenVMS V8.3

$ tcpip show version

  HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.4 - ECO 5
  on a AlphaServer 4100 5/466 4MB running OpenVMS V7.3-2