Data ONTAP 8 and later releases fail to synchronize time with Windows w32time NTP server
Applies to
- Clustered Data ONTAP 8 or later
- Data ONTAP 8 7-mode
- Windows w32time NTP server
Issue
- Data ONTAP 8 time synchronization failure
- Data ONTAP 8 doesn't keep time
- Windows w32time NTP server
- ntpq reports flash=400 peer_dist
- ntpq reports rootdispersion > 10 seconds
How to troubleshoot NTP synchronization issues in Data ONTAP 8 and later releases