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<DIV>Hi Matthew</DIV>
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<DIV>Its neither, its actually you not understanding what peer means. Peer is effectively the next time server (or servers) up the chain,</DIV>
<DIV>so generally they will be different by one. To see what peer means, type in ntpq, then type in peer. That will list the peers of your server and their strata, NOT the stratum of your server. The main usage of peers is to make sure you are getting time from the correct source or sources. If it is only showing local sources for example it indicates you have lost contact with the external ntp sources and are just using the hardware clock.</DIV>
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<DIV>Paul Willis<BR><BR>>>> Matthew Pounsett <matt@conundrum.com> 29/12/11 16:16 >>><BR><BR>It looks like I'm seeing a problem with the check_ntp_peer plugin, and the way it reports stratum. It seems to be reducing the stratum by one on every server it checks.<BR><BR>% ntpq -c readvar | grep stratum<BR>system="FreeBSD/8.2-RELEASE-p4", leap=00, stratum=3, precision=-19,<BR><BR>% ./check_ntp_peer -H localhost -W 3:3<BR>NTP WARNING: Offset 0.007225 secs, stratum=2|offset=0.007225s;60.000000;120.000000; stratum=2;3;16;0;16<BR><BR>% ssh linuxbox ntpq -c readvar | grep stratum<BR>processor="x86_64", system="Linux/2.6.32-36-server", leap=00, stratum=3,<BR><BR>% ./check_ntp_peer -H linuxbox -W 3:3<BR>NTP WARNING: Offset -0.02112 secs, stratum=2|offset=-0.021120s;60.000000;120.000000; stratum=2;3;16;0;16<BR><BR>Is this a bug somewhere, or have I misunderstood the function of -W and -C?<BR><BR><BR><BR>------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex<BR>infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to<BR>virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual <BR>desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure <BR>costs. Try it free! <A href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox">http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox</A><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Nagios-users mailing list<BR>Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><A href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</A><BR>::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. <BR>::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>