[rhn-users] System Time Fast

Fri Apr 21 18:22:00 UTC 2006

If all six system are gaining/changing time I would have an electrician
check the power with a scope.
I have seen sites where 60 Hz is NOT.. 

I have seen, on two occasions, where the UPS was pumping out 63 and 66
Hz
and the systems were gaining time because the hardware was using the 60
Hz as a reference.

Hope this helps.. 

Jim Sterling

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From: Brad Sharpe [mailto:bsharpe at mdacorporation.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 1:16 PM
To: Red Hat Network Users List
Subject: RE: [rhn-users] System Time Fast

Your right, I should have provided more information. :)

I have installing RHEL 4 AS (64-bit version) on 6 ML370 Servers (Dual
XEON 3.4GHz machines with 1GB RAM and 78GB HD). I have installed HP's
Insight Management software (I believe they call it PSPs). The rest of
the system is a default installation of RHEL.

I started to see the system time to run fast on one server so I
investigated to find that when I run the hwclock command it shows the
correct time, but when I run the date command it seems to be off by
several minutes. I reset the system time but doing a hwclock -s and then
waiting about a minute and ran hwclock && date to find that the system
time was about 10 seconds faster than the hw clock. I then followed up
on the rest of the servers and found that they all had the same problem.

I haven't set the system to a ntp server due to they are not connected
to the internet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Brad

At 09:59 AM 4/21/2006, you wrote:

	I suspect you're right, but my response was reasonable given the
	supplied information - "I'm running a HP ML370 Server" - which
implies
	one box and gives no clue as to age for those of us that don't
know HP
	from a hole in the ground.

	When seeking help, it helps to provide detailed information. :)

	Cheers,

	Jon Etkins
	Network & IT Administrator
	Austin Logistics, Incorporated
	(512) 651-5641
	www.AustinLogistics.com <http://www.austinlogistics.com/> 

	-----Original Message-----
	From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com
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	On Behalf Of Brad Sharpe
	Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 11:52 AM
	To: Red Hat Network Users List
	Subject: RE: [rhn-users] System Time Fast

	This is happening across 6 brand new servers and I don't think
that all
	of them have a CMOS battery problem.

	At 09:47 AM 4/21/2006, Jon Etkins wrote:
	>Check the CMOS battery.  We experienced similar symptoms on an
IBM box 
	>here, and simply replacing the battery resolved it.
	>
	>
	>Jon Etkins
	>Network & IT Administrator
	>Austin Logistics, Incorporated
	>(512) 651-5641
	>www.AustinLogistics.com <http://www.austinlogistics.com/> 
	>
	>
	>
	>-----Original Message-----
	>From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com 
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	>On Behalf Of Brad Sharpe
	>Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 11:39 AM
	>To: rhn-users at redhat.com
	>Subject: [rhn-users] System Time Fast
	>
	>I'm running a HP ML370 Server (Dual CPU) with RHEL 4 and I'm
finding 
	>that the system time is running extremely fast. I do a hwclock
and it 
	>reports the correct time but when I do a date the system seems
to gain 
	>almost 2 minutes every 5 minutes passed. Any suggestions?
	>
	>Thanks,
	>Brad
	>
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