Re: Question on 11gR2 RAC Cluster Time Synchronization Service (CTSS)
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:19:48 -0500
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Thank you all for your help! I'll definitely look into ntp...
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:30 AM, David Robillard
<david.robillard_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Li,
>
>> We have been using ntpdate for time sync in a cron job in our 10gR2
>> RAC, guess we'll still need to use it in 11gR2 RAC. I wonder why
>> Oracle provides CTSS since we still need to sync time with a time
>> server?
>
> Instead of writing a cron job to use ntpdate, IMHO you should
> configure ntp and bypass ctss completely. Configure it once on all
> your hosts and voilą! all your troubles are over (well, one of them at
> least :) Plus ntp is very easy to setup. If you need help on that or a
> reliable time source, check http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/
>
> HTH,
>
> David
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