Questions tagged [time-synchronization]
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Finding process name that changes windows time
I have a problem in my server that the system time is automatically getting changed by a day and getting back to normal. I have some software installed for time sych. But the master clock seem to be fine. So I am suspecting if some other process is…

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Acceptable time discrepancy between machines on a network
One of our DC's is our authoritative time server. The other DC's clock off that one. Then all other routers and machines clock off any DC. Some machines (no rhyme or reason, which ones) are off by 40 seconds. Is that reasonable or should everything…

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Windows Time out of sync
We have 5 virtual Windows 2003 servers running Citrix in our company, that users can log onto,
Every so often one of the servers will change it's date/time so far ahead, users are unable to log on because of the time difference between the 2003…

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Why are my servers clock out of sync?
The domain time is now out of sync by 4 mins and its getting on my nerves, I ran a quick check to see if I could determine how much it was out by exactly and got this back:
H:\>w32tm /stripchart /computer:time.windows.com /samples:5…

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Configuring time sync on domain
I have an AD domain (2 dcs single domain) and a number of member servers. I need to configure time synchronisation so that everything is in sync.
There is a lot of fluff on this topic. Does anyone have a simple list of commands to run? And I've…

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Time synch in AD
Is it possible to force exactly same time to all clients in AD? If yes how can I do that?

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Time difference between two machine clocks?
Is it possible to measure or some other way find out the difference in clock/time between two windows 2k8 r2 machines?

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Enabling Hyper-V Integrated Services Time Sync Services versus Internet Time Synchronization
Should I deselect the "Synchronize with an Internet Time Server" checkbox under the VM's "Date and Time -> Internet Time Settings" tab if the "Time Synchronization Service" for a Hyper-V-based Virtual Machine is enabled?
One of the Integration…

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Windows 7 machines won't sync time
I configured my Windows Server 2008 box as an authoritative time server using the instructions here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042
Port 123 is open for incoming and outgoing connections on the server.
However, the other computers on the…

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Config Time Service on Server 2008 DC using Group Policy Only
I want to configure the Time Service using only GP in a Server 2008 R2 domain. I have created a GP as follows:
Computer Config, Policies, Administrative Templates, System, Windows Time Policy:
=Global Configuration Settings -Enabled w/ default…

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How can I syncronize a non-domain server to a domain-controller's clock?
Is it possible to configure a Windows Server 2000 OS to synchronize it's clock to a domain controller if it's not on the domain? If so, how would I go about doing that?
Just to be clear:
I can't join the machine to the domain.
The Windows Time…

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Time Drift on VM servers, need a reliable solution
We have some windows server 2008 VMware instances on multiple physical servers (hosted) and an application which requires the time to be synced across the server instances.
Obviously, VMware has problems with this and we really have never gotten it…

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W32Time doesn't respect MaxPosPhaseCorrection settings
I'm having a problem with W32Time service on Windows Server 2019 not respecting the default limit on positive time offsets (MaxPosPhaseCorrection/MaxNegPhaseCorrection = 15 days). The server is running on AWS as non-domain joined and the time…

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how to verify the setting of linux ntp client?
I'm currently managing some RHEL 7.9 hosts which need to sync time to NTP server and only the ntpd can be utilized for time sync.
I did the following configurations in OS but not sure whether the result indicting they're correct or not.
the time…

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chrony: hosting time with RTC as authoritative clock on an air-gapped (isolated) system
I have an isolated and air-gapped LAN that I want to synchronise. I have one host that will be the authoritative time server for all clients on the LAN. It's not important that the LAN time reflects real time, but it is important that all the…

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