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Slow NDS sync response & Time sync issue

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I administer a network with a 3 Netware 5.0 servers, and 1 5.1 server, and am trying to figure out why NDS is slow to sync the replicas, and why the network time has gained 10 minutes over the last 3 months approximately?

Currently I have the latest DS nlm's and the latest timesync nlm's. All the servers have the latest service packs. Running dsrepair, and using DSExpert are not showing any errors in the directory services.

Any ideas?

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by tbradley

Ultimately, time accuracy comes down to what
time source is your network receiving from.
By default, Server 1 gets it's time from the
system clock. If it gains or loses time, then Novell sets the primary reference time to reflect the system board time.

Two solutions come to mind, designate one of your other servers as primary time reference, or use an external time reference.

Once the time sync is stabilized, the NDS sync should take care of itself.

by kencks

May be you can force sync by using "set dstrace", you can find document of using DSTRACE in novell support site.

You can set the Reference time server to sync the NTP source and using Scheduled Console Commands in Management Portal to restart the timesync once a day.

by wisonpo

I think it may be came from timesync problem.First check at time provider server(Single/Priamry) and see in timesync.cfg,recommend set as below.
Configured Source =OFF
Directory Tree mode=ON
Hardware clock=ON
Polling Count=3
Polling Interval=600
Service Advertising=ON
Synchronization Radius=2000
type=SINGLE
Next goto another servers and set parameter in timesync.cfg as below.
Configured Source =ON
Directory Tree mode=ON
Hardware clock=OFF
Polling Count=3
Polling Interval=600Service Advertising=OFF
Synchronization Radius=2000
type=SECONDARY
time source=xxx.xxx.xxx

Next put the following command
set timesync reset=on
set timesync restart flag=on
Next see result afterchange.

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