How to Setup Time on XenServer Manually When There Is No NTP Server

How to Setup Time on XenServer Manually When There Is No NTP Server

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Description

This is a situation where you don't have an AD , DC , DNS or an NTP server in the environment to point the servers for syncing time.

Resolution

check the current time using

#date

Configure the time manually using

# date -s "2 OCT 2006 18:00:00"

Then check the hardware clock time .

# hwclock --show #

Then sync the system time to the hardware clock

#hwclock --systohc

Problem Cause

No NTP server in the environment. 

Issue/Introduction

This article will tell you How to setup time on XenServer Manually when there is no NTP server. This is a situation where you don't have an AD , DC , DNS or an NTP server in the environment to point the servers for syncing time.