Time on server out of sync

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On one of my servers (W2K3) in my domain, I am recieving errors in the
event log approximately every 30 to 60 minutes with an Event ID of 29
stating:

The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or
more time sources, however none of the sources are currently
accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 15 minutes.
NtpClient has no source of accurate time.

From my PC I ran a w32tm/Monitor command and the results were good. My
domain controllers are in sync with each other for time.

I ran a w32tm/resync on my PC (for a test) and it worked (it said the
command completed successfully).

I ran the w32tm/resync command on the server in question and recieved
the message "The computer did not resync because no time data was
available"

The server is only two minutes off, but I'm thinking this is a possible
cause to an app I have that keeps failing on that server.

My troubleshooting as of right now tells me the problem is with the
server.

I'm hoping somebody can point me in the right direction.


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RE: Time on server out of sync

I had this same problem with one server. Out of all the servers we manage,
it's only happened on that one. I researched the issue and 'fixed' it by
explicitly telling the server to use a certain time server. The problem went
away, so far.

"kickballmvp2006" wrote:

>
> On one of my servers (W2K3) in my domain, I am recieving errors in the
> event log approximately every 30 to 60 minutes with an Event ID of 29
> stating:
>
> The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or
> more time sources, however none of the sources are currently
> accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 15 minutes.
> NtpClient has no source of accurate time.
>
> From my PC I ran a w32tm/Monitor command and the results were good. My
> domain controllers are in sync with each other for time.
>
> I ran a w32tm/resync on my PC (for a test) and it worked (it said the
> command completed successfully).
>
> I ran the w32tm/resync command on the server in question and recieved
> the message "The computer did not resync because no time data was
> available"
>
> The server is only two minutes off, but I'm thinking this is a possible
> cause to an app I have that keeps failing on that server.
>
> My troubleshooting as of right now tells me the problem is with the
> server.
>
> I'm hoping somebody can point me in the right direction.
>
>
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Re: Time on server out of sync

Check here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042/en-us for Server 2003.

"kickballmvp2006" wrote:

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> How did you explicitly tell it what server to look at?
> I need it to look at one of the domain controllers.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
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Re: Time on server out of sync

On any server or workstation, if you edit the registry:

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
set Key 'Type' to NT5DS

Then restart the W32Time service, it should now sync with the PDC emulator,
maybe via its authenticating server.

This should be the default setting for any member server. Why is yours
different?

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"kickballmvp2006" wrote:

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> How would I go about manually doing that?
>
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