How to fix the Oracle error PRVF-05436: The NTP daemon running on one or more nodes lacks the slewing option “{0}”?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorPRVF-05436: The NTP daemon running on one or more nodes lacks the slewing option “{0}” with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

PRVF-05436: The NTP daemon running on one or more nodes lacks the slewing option “{0}”

Reason for the Error PRVF-05436: The NTP daemon running on one or more nodes lacks the slewing option “{0}”

Cause: NTP daemon on one or more nodes lacked slewing option.

How to fix the Error PRVF-05436: The NTP daemon running on one or more nodes lacks the slewing option “{0}” ?

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

Action: Shut down and restart the NTP daemon after setting the slewing option as follows: For Linux, edit /etc/sysconfig/ntpd and add -x to the command line option. For SUSE Linux, edit /etc/sysconfig/ntp and add -x to the OPTIONS variable. For AIX, edit /etc/rc.tcpip and add -x to the command line option. For HP-UX, edit /etc/rc.config.d/netdaemons and add -x to the command line option. For Solaris release 10 or earlier, edit /etc/inet/ntp.conf and add ‘slewalways yes’ and ‘disable pll’ to the file. For Solaris release 11 and higher, logon as root user and issue command: /usr/sbin/svccfg -s svc:/network/ntp:default setprop config/slew_always = true to change the setting, then refresh the service by issuing: svcadm refresh svc:/network/ntp:default