[ntp:questions] ntpq -p show refid as .INIT. even my NTP Servers are synchronized properly.

Andhu aravind.arjunan at gmail.com
Sun Oct 4 19:01:30 UTC 2009


On Oct 4, 11:42 pm, Unruh <unruh-s... at physics.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Andhu <aravind.arju... at gmail.com> writes:
> >hi,
> >We are configured NTP in Multiple servers and all the servers are
> >getting snchronized properly.We are having primary and Secondary NTP
> >servers, where as primary NTP server is refering its LOCAL BIOS as
> >reference clock.
>
> What is "local Bios"? do you mean the Real Time Clock (the little clock
> chip on the motherboard)? That is likely to
> out by many seconds between the various machines. Ie, ntp will find that
> there there are no "true tickers" Just a random assortment of bad
> clocks.
>
>
>
> >And Secondary NTP server refering Primary NTP server as reference
> >clock. And other multiple NTP servers refering Primary as reference
> >clock and if primary goes down they will be pointing secondary as
> >reference clock automatically.
> >Problem:
> >When i execute ntpq -p the output shows refid as .INIT. ?
> >How to resolve this?
> >Why it is showing?
> >Tell me how much time it will take to synchronize to the secondary
> >server when primary goes down?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

hi Unruh

Thanks for your reply.
Local BIOS is nothing but the Hardware clock , yes it is the Real time
clock which comes in Motherboard.

What is true tickers?

You are saying that it is not recommend to keep the source reference
clock as Real time clock?

with regards
aravind




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