How to sync system clock faster with the NTP (Network Time Protocol) Daemon on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
Issue
- When ntpd service is restarted, it takes several minutes before clock is being synchronised.
- ntp server slow sync after reboot.
- After booting or restarting the ntp server . The server ,which synchronizing from two sources take few minutes to synchronize . Clients using this server as source will take up to 10 min to get synchronized after synchronizing there no evidence of any problem .
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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