How do I resolve clock offset issue?

[#1]

I get following health issue.

The host's NTP service did not respond to a request for the clock offset.

How do I resolve it?

Thanks,

Kewal

[#2]

I just saw this after an office move. The servers were offline for a while.

This is what I did for our CentOS Linux servers (similar, but not the same, steps would work for Ubuntu/Debian):

* verified/updated the /etc/ntp.conf file to be the same across the cluster

* stopped the ntp daemon: /etc/init.d/ntpd stop

* connected to the ntp server named in the ntp.conf file: ntpupdate <ntp_server>

* started the ntp daemon: /etc/init.d/ntpd start

* added ntpd to the startup manager: chkconfig add ntpd

* set ntpd to start in default reunlevels: chkconfig ntpd on

This cleared the offset issue. If this doesn't do it for you, you might also have to look into drift, or dig deeper into the time synchronization.

[#3]

Thanks a lot for you detailed answer. 

I deleted the cluster and rebuilt it from scratch. Now, it is working fine.(Fingers crossed)

But, It seems, your procedure would definitely solve the problem.

[#4]

Thanks for your detailed answer. it helped me! 

I had to repeat the step 4 and 5 twice; but it fixed my issue. I'm keeping the fingers crossed now! 🙂 

[#5]

Many thanks. I followed these  steps and it fixed my clock offset issue.

* verified/updated the /etc/ntp.conf file to be the same across the cluster

* stopped the ntp daemon: /etc/init.d/ntpd stop

* connected to the ntp server named in the ntp.conf file: ntpupdate <ntp_server>

* started the ntp daemon: /etc/init.d/ntpd start

* added ntpd to the startup manager: chkconfig add ntpd

* set ntpd to start in default reunlevels: chkconfig ntpd on

[#6]

i got the next:

$sudo service ntp stop
* Stopping NTP server ntpd [ OK ]
root@cluster-01:~# sudo ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com
11 Jun 06:47:14 ntpdate[29757]: no server suitable for synchronization found

i try to do it with the with NTP .. instead NTPD

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[#7]

Hi anton_85

Try this article, it explains time zones and settings which is very well explained.

http://www.linuxsecrets.com/easyblog/2015/01/30/1374-fixing-date-and-setting-time-and-zone-on-rhel-6...

[#8]

Hi nauseous, 

apprently, the problem is at my firewall, where I can't ping my gateway neither other sites out of my network.

so that's way i can't see it.

[#9]

Hi,

If firewall is the problem you can ask network admin to open add chains to that specific URL . or the other way you can set up your own NTP server within that network itself.

Thanks,

Sathish

[#10]

Check with your network administrators, they have NTP services you can
point to most likely within the firewall.