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Issue with WT32 on Windows Server 2008 not syncing or keeping time properly

Asked by Pro4ia in Windows Server 2008

Tags: Windows Server 2008, WT32, cmos, bios, time, kerberos

Hey guys,

I am having an issue on my fileserver running Server 2008.  The timeclock isn't keeping accurate time.  This varies, but 1 second on the  file server takes about 10-12 seconds to actually click to the next second.  This is a major problem because after 5-10 minutes Kerberos security policies from the DC won't authenticate with the fileserver, kicking it off the network.  Once this happens, all the Data (databases, archive psts, etc) becomes unavailable.

I've restarted the WT32 service, checked the BIOS time (which is correct and current), run Dell's diags with no errors, reset the time to sync with the DC...Nothing has worked.

Currently I have a script running in task scheduler to sync with the server, and have it scheduled to run three different times to be sure it runs.  I did this because the lowest setting is every 1 minutes in task scheduler, and 1 minute on this machine takes a lot longer then an actual minute.

I've also changed the default Kerberos time-limit to 120 minutes, from the default 5.  This is for short-term so that the users can continue to work while I troubleshoot.

Any thoughts?  One option is to change the file server settings to update to the hardware time clock as opposed to the DC, but that involves registry changes and it isn't really a fix, but a workaround.

Also, both servers are PowerEdge 2900's.

Thanks
Tim
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