so I would disable the built-in NTP test and replace it with this ntpd test? <br><br>Looking through the code, it appears to handle these in a blocking mode as well, waiting for a reply before going to the next one. <br>
<br>I would think a non-blocking design would be faster. Not sure this would fix the problem, or just hide it by putting it in an external script that could take more than 5 minutes. <br><br>Stewart<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2010/5/22 Alex <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alex@bakarasse.de">alex@bakarasse.de</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Try this script:<br>
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<a href="http://www.bakarasse.de/pages/en/xymon-monitoring/server-side-plugins/ntpd.sh.php" target="_blank">http://www.bakarasse.de/pages/en/xymon-monitoring/server-side-plugins/ntpd.sh.php</a><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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<blockquote type="cite">Is there any way to speed up the NTP tests? My run is
taking longer than 300 seconds. 229 of that is NTP. <br>
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<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Error output:</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">WARNING: Runtime
322 longer than time limit (300)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
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<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">TIME SPENT</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Event
Starttime Duration</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">bbtest-net
startup 1274487671.562962 -</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Service definitions
loaded 1274487671.564364 0.001402 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Tests loaded,
hostname lookups done 1274487671.786542 0.222178 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Test engine setup
completed 1274487671.792157 0.005615 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">TCP tests
completed 1274487681.995479 10.203322 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">PING test completed
(1220 hosts) 1274487728.186588 46.191109 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">PING test results
sent 1274487728.203649 0.017061 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Test result
collection completed 1274487728.203792 0.000143 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">LDAP test engine
setup completed 1274487728.203793 0.000001 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">LDAP tests
executed 1274487728.203795 0.000002 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">LDAP tests result
collection completed 1274487728.203796 0.000001 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">DNS tests
executed 1274487763.561146 35.357350 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">NTP tests
executed 1274487993.128128 229.566982 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Test results
transmitted 1274487993.184690 0.056562 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">bbtest-net
completed 1274487993.186144 0.001454 </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">TIME
TOTAL 321.623182
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-- <br>
Stewart<br>
--<br>
An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one
orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a quarter of a
beer. The bartender says "You're all idiots", and pours two beers.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Stewart<br>--<br>An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a quarter of a beer. The bartender says "You're all idiots", and pours two beers.<br>
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