On Apr 21, 5:02 pm, Marcin.Tabinow...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have an annoying problem with ntp on AIX 5.3 TL7. This is what I
> did:
> 1. I have enabled start of xntpd in /etc/rc.tcpip
> 2. /etc/ntp.conf looks like this:
>
> server <my ntp server ip>
> broadcastclient
>
> driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
> tracefile /etc/ntp.trace
>
> 3. I run ntpdate <my ntp server ip>
> 4. Finally, I run startsrc -s xntpd
>
> The subsystem has started and runs just fine without a crash. The time
> is correct, the date is correct, the time zone is good (I set it
> earlier). There is no error regarding to xntp src. But...
> The xntpd does not start after reboot. After reboot the date and time
> are still correct and seem to be synchronized. But xntpd subsystem is
> inoperative. After every reboot I have to start it manually. Then I
> run ntpq -p and the output is like this:
>
> remote refid st t when poll reach delay
> offset disp
> ================================================== ============================
> *x.x.x.x x.x.x.x 4 u 94 128 377 1.16 -0.367
> 0.12
>
> So the offset is not the issue. After reboot there is no error in
> errorlog and after starting src manually ntp runs just fine without
> the crash.
> Am I doing something wrong or what? Why xntpd doesn't start after
> reboot? I have thi issue on all my LPARs in p595 server, firmware
> version SF240_320. I will appreciate any help, thanks in advance

Check the conslog to check whether or not you see a messages for the
xntpd during boot.
From memory
$ alog -f /var/ras/adm/conslog -o

or put even an lssrc -s xntpd right after the start of the xntpd

hth
Hajo