Unable to get time to sync on Server 2012 R2 DC
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What does the event log show for the time? I really would check what is the clock time in the BIOS.
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The time provider NtpClient is currently receiving valid time data from 3.pool.ntp.org,0x8 (ntp.m|0x8|0.0.0.0:123->69.50.219.51:123).
The time service is now synchronizing the system time with the time source 3.pool.ntp.org,0x8 (ntp.m|0x8|0.0.0.0:123->69.50.219.51:123).Result of /sync command.
I can't get into the BIOS right this minute. I am currently remoting into the server and would have to schedule downtime to check. Shouldn't Windows time and BIOS time be the same? (Sync with each other)
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@ccwtech BIOs time is not the same as the OS time. The OS time will be affected by the BIOS time but not viceversa. So if there is a time difference between the OS and BIOS, BIOS will always win.
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Interesting... this just popped up in the log as well:
Time Provider NtpClient: No valid response has been received from manually configured peer 3.pool.ntp.org,0x8 after 8 attempts to contact it. This peer will be discarded as a time source and NtpClient will attempt to discover a new peer with this DNS name. The error was: The peer is unreachable.
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@ccwtech change all the Ntp servers to known good addresses.
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Just using pool.ntp.org now.
Getting this:
The system time has changed to 2017-07-26T03:59:47.234000000Z from 2017-07-26T03:59:47.247242200Z.But it's still 7 minutes behind...
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I'm reading that if it is off only by a few minutes it slowly changes the clock to run faster until it 'catches up'.
Check again in the AM and report back.
Goodnight all.
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@ccwtech said in Unable to get time to sync on Server 2012 R2 DC:
I'm reading that if it is off only by a few minutes it slowly changes the clock to run faster until it 'catches up'.
Check again in the AM and report back.
Goodnight all.
That's correct.
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With the fact that it slowly 'catches up' last night I adjusted the time to be within 2 minutes of current time hoping that it would 'catch up' more quickly. As of this morning it's still at 2 minutes behind, so no joy....
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When I've had time sync issues in the past to help I've just installed a atomic clock sync tool onto the server.
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Check Group Policy setting in the default domain controller OU to make sure NTP/SNTP is not disabled. See this article:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/95733420-c3c8-456d-a5c1-b426ebafb53e/pdc-will-not-sync-with-external-time-source-ntp-using-w32time?forum=winserverNIS
Also, try an IP address instead of name. I use 132.163.4.103 and 129.6.15.29 for my testing, then set to pool.ntp.org when testing's complete. -
@hobbit666 I have tried a couple of those.
It's weird to me as it seems like it's able to sync the time, but no matter if it is 7 minutes late or 2 minutes late the server 'thinks' it's off by 0 ms so it doesn't change.
It's just odd.
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@ccwtech as long as it is in between 5 minutes from the right time it should be okay.
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@dbeato But it doesn't. I manually changed it from 7 behind to 2 behind to let it catch up. However I have set the time on this server (to correct time) manually a couple months ago and that is when the company called me and said it's off again.
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@ccwtech Last thing to check is the actual server hardware clock then
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@dbeato said in Unable to get time to sync on Server 2012 R2 DC:
@ccwtech as long as it is in between 5 minutes from the right time it should be okay.
Yeah. Two should be well within tolerance.
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@ccwtech said in Unable to get time to sync on Server 2012 R2 DC:
@dbeato But it doesn't. I manually changed it from 7 behind to 2 behind to let it catch up. However I have set the time on this server (to correct time) manually a couple months ago and that is when the company called me and said it's off again.
Oh. This is a VM? Is the hypervisor and the VM the same?
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@scottalanmiller said in Unable to get time to sync on Server 2012 R2 DC:
Oh. This is a VM? Is the hypervisor and the VM the same?
He said in a earlier post
Physical box (no VM).
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@hobbit666 said in Unable to get time to sync on Server 2012 R2 DC:
@scottalanmiller said in Unable to get time to sync on Server 2012 R2 DC:
Oh. This is a VM? Is the hypervisor and the VM the same?
He said in a earlier post
Physical box (no VM).
Oh sorry, missed that.
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I put a new CMOS battery in, made sure the time in BIOS was correct. It's now about 30 seconds behind. Seems like it gradually keeps slowing until manually entered again.
