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ntp keeps log file locked and is not creating new log file daily

 
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ntp keeps log file locked and is not creating new log file daily

We have six integrity severs running OpenVMS 8.4-2L1 and HP TCP/IP Services Version 5.7 - ECO 5. All servers were running NTP and creating a new log file every 24 hours as expected. After changing the .CONF file only to modify the the NTP server address, running NTP_SHUDOWN and NTP_STARTUP on all six servers, only 3 of them create a new log file each day. All six are still logging. Three of them still create a new log file every 24 hours and the new log file remains open. The other 3 continue appending to the old log file and the log file remains locked (until the NTP service is shutdown). On startup these 3 servers open and continue to use the old log file but never create a new one. On the 3 servers that do create a new log file every day, the log file does not remain locked. Any ideas why the change in behavior?
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Volker Halle
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Re: ntp keeps log file locked and is not creating new log file daily

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Volker.

br0070
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Re: ntp keeps log file locked and is not creating new log file daily

Thank you.

Volker Halle
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Re: ntp keeps log file locked and is not creating new log file daily

Here are some things to check:

Are you really using the same version of the NTP image on all 6 servers ?

$ analyze/ima/select=link sys$system:tcpip$ntp.exe

Has the log file been opened using SHR option ?

$ ANALYZE/SYSTEM

SDA> SET PROC TCPIP$NTP_1

SDA> SHOW PROC/RMS=FAB

...

FAC: 1B PUT,GET,UPD,TRN
SHR: 02 SHRGET

...

Anything special with the SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$NTP] directory or TCPIP$NTP_RUN.LOG file attributes ? Log file version limit reached ?

Any non-default NTP logicals ? ($ SHOW LOG *NTP*) ?

Volker.

 

br0070
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Re: ntp keeps log file locked and is not creating new log file daily

Ownership and permissions on the SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$NTP] directories and their contents were found to be inconsistent among the six nodes in the two clusters. The issue was resolved by making them consistent. I can only speculate as to why they worked properly previously.