NTP and AIX 5.2 ML4 64 bits

[regis0404]

hello,

First sorry for my poor english, i hope you anderstand me. I have a problem, i can't start my ntp subsystem. All configuration file are ok, i can manually synchronize to a server time... but when it can't start... can you help me ?

# Server configuration :
P650 - AIX 5.2 ML4 64 Bits

#startsrc -s xntpd
-----------------------------------------------------------
0513-059 The xntpd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 286946.
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#lssrc -s xntpd
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Sous-syst Group PID Etat
xntpd tcpip inoperative
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#errpt -a
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Failure Causes
SOFTWARE PROGRAM

Recommended Actions
MANUALLY RESTART SUBSYSTEM IF NEEDED

Detail Data
SYMPTOM CODE
768
SOFTWARE ERROR CODE
-9017
ERROR CODE
0
DETECTING MODULE
'srchevn.c'@line:'350'
FAILING MODULE
xntpd
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[kHz]

What does your ntp.conf file look like?

 

[regis0404]

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server ntp-reg-1 prefer
server ntp-reg-2
driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
tracefile /etc/ntp.trace
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ntp-reg-1 and ntp-reg-2 are two dns alias

 

[kHz]

can you run 'ntpdate ntp-reg-1' without error?

 

[regis0404]

Yes, nptdate was running without errors...

Today i reboot my server, and ntp has normally start... i beleive i had update a component which need to start server. And i forgot to do it...