AIX

I want to synchronize my AIX 5.3 server with the server NTP windows using the ntpdate commande but there was a difference about 9 hours after synchro. here is my script and the result

# date
Tue Apr 10 18:58:06 CDT 2007

# ntpdate 192.168.10.212
10 Apr 09:58:19 ntpdate[499828]: step time server 192.168.10.212 offset -32399.029904 sec

# date
Tue Apr 10 09:58:24 CDT 2007

My time zone is GMT + 3

Any help?
Regards

1. verify your config in /etc/ntp.conf
2. "stopsrc -s xntpd"
3. ntpdate <your time server>
4. "startsrc -s xntpd"

dear

please follow the following steps to let your server be synchronized with your NTP server:

1- stop the xntpd daemon as below
stopsrc -s xntpd
2- your time zone is GMT+3 but your aix server time zone is CDT (GMT-5) which is the reason of the differnce, so try to change your time zone (use smitty chtz) to any thing that is (GMT+3 or CUT+3, the same)

3- reboot your server for the changes to take effect

4- repeat step 1

5- add the following line to the /etc/ntp.conf file
server <ip address of yourr ntp server>

6- ntpdate <ip address of yourr ntp server>

7- start the xntpd daemon

startsrc -s xntpd

8- now check the date on both servers (they should be synchronized)

You do not have to reboot.

but when we change the timezone using smitty, then it says that the change will take effect on the next reboot?

The reboot is just to ensure that the tz changes are picked up by all processes. Essentially, if you don't reboot, then all running processes prior to the "chtz" command will continue to use the old tz variable info. If you can restart any apps, databases, etc. that you think will be affected, then you don't have to reboot.