https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/NTP-verification-with-Clustered-Data-ONTAP-8-3/m-p/126475#M27313 <P>Does cDOT 8.3 "compares internal information system clocks at least every 24 hours with an authoritive time server"?&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I've referenced <A href="https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/how-to-configure-and-troubleshoot-ntp-on-clustered-data-ontap-8-2-and-later-using-cli?language=en_US" target="_blank">https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/how-to-configure-and-troubleshoot-ntp-on-clustered-data-ontap-8-2-and-later-using-cli?language=en_US</A> and the ntpdate command seems to work fine, yet when I review the /mroot/etc/mlog/messages* files, I see no "kernel time sync enabled" entries or any other indications that ntp has queried the defined time servers for synchronization.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:04:02 GMT BobMcKim 2025-06-04T18:04:02Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/NTP-verification-with-Clustered-Data-ONTAP-8-3/m-p/126475#M27313 <P>Does cDOT 8.3 "compares internal information system clocks at least every 24 hours with an authoritive time server"?&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I've referenced <A href="https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/how-to-configure-and-troubleshoot-ntp-on-clustered-data-ontap-8-2-and-later-using-cli?language=en_US" target="_blank">https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/how-to-configure-and-troubleshoot-ntp-on-clustered-data-ontap-8-2-and-later-using-cli?language=en_US</A> and the ntpdate command seems to work fine, yet when I review the /mroot/etc/mlog/messages* files, I see no "kernel time sync enabled" entries or any other indications that ntp has queried the defined time servers for synchronization.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:04:02 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/NTP-verification-with-Clustered-Data-ONTAP-8-3/m-p/126475#M27313 BobMcKim 2025-06-04T18:04:02Z