Which SolOs support 2 NTP Server (Active/Backup) configuration for Appliance !

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Which SolOs support 2 NTP Server (Active/Backup) configuration for Appliance ?

This is required for redundancy purpose, I know workaround but more interested to know if in recent SolOs we have such feature!

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@Abhishek , I don’t believe multiple NTP servers are supported (yet) on Solace appliances. Just curious … whats the workaround you have in mind?

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@nram we can leverage Virtual IP Address.
VIP will be mapped with 2 NTP Server (Active/Backup).

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I am confirming that configuration of multiple NTP servers is not currently supported on SolOS appliances.

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Thanks @brenda for Confirmation.

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@Abhikesh I believe you could go this route as from a Solace Broker perspective it will just recognize the VIP as one NTP server. That said, there are some considerations to this approach in general - there is a concise summary here: virtualization - NTP high-availability behind a Virtual IP - Server Fault

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Thanks @marc, after reading this virtualization - NTP high-availability behind a Virtual IP - Server Fault, It seems VIP NTP will do more harm than good if proper considerations didn’t taken…

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Hi Solace team - What is the latest on this more than 1 NTP IPs to configure in appliances…and on which SOLOS version it is available at the moment?

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Release 10.6.1 — December 15, 2023

Feature Description
NTP Server List

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) implementation on the PubSub+ Appliance has added support for up to eight NTP servers.

And what is the LTS version going to be released > 10.6.1, so that we can adopt it.