NTP clients are not syncing with ntp server if clock drift is big

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • NTP clients do not sync with NTP server if there is huge clock drift
  • Large clock drift values prevent NTP from updating

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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