ACS 5.2 - Clock Skew Error

[ciscokid7181]

    Dear Folks,

          I have  6500 VSS Core Switch configured as NTP Server .I have installed ACS 5.2 vmware and sucessfuly integrated with the AD . I have noticed in some case, i lose connectivity between ACS and AD and when i say test connection , it shows clock skew error . Reboot of ACS sometimes solves the issue, else it comes up automatically after some hours . In core switch , i have configured time as PST +4 and in ACS it is configured as PST +4 , which automatically goes to GST .

Could you please tell me , why i get this error ' Clock Skew Error' ?

Regards,

Siddarth

[Tarik Admani]

You can install patch 10 since it is a cumulative patch, there is no need to install all the patches.

You can upgrade from 5.2 to 5.3 via the upgrade tar file that is available in the same download section. You still need to install the latest patch in order to do the upgrade.

If your ACS is a standalone (not distributed) here is the upgrade instructions for a standalone server - http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_system/5.3/installation/guide/csacs_upg.html#wp1194871

As always please take a backup (acs backup....) in order to save a recent application backup file in case you have to reimage or thing dont go the way you plan.

Also if you decide to upgrade to 5.3 please install the latest patch, it contains some critical AD fixes.

Thanks,

Tarik Admani
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