[gpfsug-discuss] NTP leap-second can take out GPFS server - it just has

Jez Tucker Jez.Tucker at rushes.co.uk
Mon Jul 2 14:47:21 BST 2012


Funnily enough RH Ent 6.2

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gpfsug-discuss-bounces at gpfsug.org [mailto:gpfsug-discuss-
> bounces at gpfsug.org] On Behalf Of Orlando Richards
> Sent: 02 July 2012 14:13
> To: gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
> Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] NTP leap-second can take out GPFS server - it
> just has
> 
> Hi Jez,
> 
> We've had a few issues with the leap second - but so far it has been isolated
> to redhat 6.2 systems.
> 
> What OS are you running on your affected server?
> 
> Cheers,
> Orlando.
> 
> 
> On 02/07/12 14:03, Jez Tucker wrote:
> > Just had a lovely one.
> >
> > As I'm, sure all of you are aware by now, there's been much fun with
> > some of the NTP Stratum 1 servers not correctly accounting for the
> > leap-seocnd last night.
> >
> > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2167588/Leap-second-2012-
> Websi
> > tes-crash-time-hiccup-caused-online-chaos.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
> >
> > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9369671/Leap-second-
> brings-
> > down-top-websites.html
> >
> > You may wish to turn off ntp on your servers and correct your NTP to
> > trusted servers.
> >
> > A clock skew from ntp.pool.org just took out one of our servers and
> > the node was expelled from the cluster.
> >
> > Jez
> >
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> > Jez Tucker
> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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