How to fix the Oracle error PRVF-05428: Network Time Protocol(NTP) configuration file not found on any of the nodes. Oracle Cluster Time Synchronization Service(CTSS) can be used instead of NTP for time synchronization on the cluster nodes?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorPRVF-05428: Network Time Protocol(NTP) configuration file not found on any of the nodes. Oracle Cluster Time Synchronization Service(CTSS) can be used instead of NTP for time synchronization on the cluster nodes with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

PRVF-05428: Network Time Protocol(NTP) configuration file not found on any of the nodes. Oracle Cluster Time Synchronization Service(CTSS) can be used instead of NTP for time synchronization on the cluster nodes

Reason for the Error PRVF-05428: Network Time Protocol(NTP) configuration file not found on any of the nodes. Oracle Cluster Time Synchronization Service(CTSS) can be used instead of NTP for time synchronization on the cluster nodes

Cause: NTP is not configured on the cluster nodes.

How to fix the Error PRVF-05428: Network Time Protocol(NTP) configuration file not found on any of the nodes. Oracle Cluster Time Synchronization Service(CTSS) can be used instead of NTP for time synchronization on the cluster nodes ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Action: This is not an error if the system administrator intended to use Oracle Cluster Time Synchronization Service (CTSS) for clock synchronization on the cluster. If not then install NTP on all nodes of the cluster according to your NTP vendor documentation.