Event ID's (first of many)

The_KiD · 23 Oct 2006 at 09:35

I have decided this week to go through all the event logs on the servers at my work and resolve any issues. So please expect to be inundated with questions

The first I have is to do with the time service.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: w32time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 54
Date: 23/10/2006
Time: 09:17:54
User: N/A
Computer: LCH-AD
Description:
The Windows Time Service was not able to find a Domain Controller. A time and date update was not possible.
Data:
0000: e5 03 00 00 å...

From what I read on EventID.net this indicates that machine with this problem could not find the domain controller.

Problem I have is this is the domain controller :S

The_KiD · 23 Oct 2006 at 10:09

It's happening twice a day, but at different times.

However your right in that it happens twice in quick succession.

The_KiD · 23 Oct 2006 at 10:58

Captain Fizz said:
Does this server have internet access?

If not, it can be it looking for the MS Time server and being unable to reach it.

Here's a good guide on it from MS:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr.../technologies/security/ws03mngd/26_s3wts.mspx

If you type the following into CMD:
net time /querysntp

It will show you what server Windows Time Servce is attempting to connect to.
Try pinging the server etc.

Might help.

When I try the querysntp command I get this:

This computer is not currently configured to use a SNTP server

How do I configure it?
This computer

The_KiD · 23 Oct 2006 at 11:39

okay...

System Error 2

The system cannot find the file specified

This is Server 2000 btw.

Edit : Ok so I changed it to net time /setsntp:time.microsoft.com

And that seemed to have worked, so will keep an eye on the logs for the next 48 hours and see if that error has gone.
thanks all!