I've done the same thing on my hyperV guests...turn off host time sync and have them all sync to the DCs. The FSMO role holder is the only machine syncing to an external time source.
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Exactly the problem I've seen at two locations. That's why we moved > away from the hosts managing the clock for the guests. > > * * > > *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of > Technology for the SMB market… > > * > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Senter, John <john.sen...@etrade.com>wrote: > >> We kept getting time issues when we had ESX set the time on Windows >> servers because the domain will adjust the server time and then the ESX >> system adjust it back. This kept causing the time to go back and forth and >> it turned out the ESX systems were getting skewed from the NTP source at a >> greater rate. So let the domain do its thing with the servers by setting >> time.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 09, 2011 11:18 AM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: Strange Time issue**** >> >> ** ** >> >> All domain machines. All VM guests sync to the ESX hosts. All workstations >> sync to physical DC’s that use standard Windows time service.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *John W. Cook***** >> >> *System Administrator***** >> >> *Partnership For Strong Families* >> >> *5950 NW 1st Place* >> >> *Gainesville, Fl 32607* >> >> *Office (352) 244-1610***** >> >> *Cell (352) 215-6944***** >> >> *MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4***** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 09, 2011 10:49 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: Strange Time issue**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Are these domain machines? You don’t sync them to a DC and sync the DC out >> to an external NTP server?**** >> >> *David Lum* >> Systems Engineer // NWEATM >> Office 503.548.5229 //* *Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764**** >> >> *From:* John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 09, 2011 7:21 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: Strange Time issue**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I actually use the VMWare tools time sync function on the guests and have >> my hosts sync to north-america.pool.ntp.org. I’m on ESX 4.1 not ESXi**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *John W. Cook***** >> >> *System Administrator***** >> >> *Partnership For Strong Families* >> >> *5950 NW 1st Place* >> >> *Gainesville, Fl 32607* >> >> *Office (352) 244-1610***** >> >> *Cell (352) 215-6944***** >> >> *MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4***** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 09, 2011 10:05 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: Strange Time issue**** >> >> ** ** >> >> As John notes, you should let the guests keep time for themselves, and not >> get their time from the hosts. >> **** >> >> *ASB***** >> >> *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker***** >> >> *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market…***** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Greg Sweers <gswe...@acts360.com> wrote:* >> *** >> >> We have a single VMware ESXi 4.1 running 1 Windows 2003 R2, and 1 x 2008 >> R2 server. The 2008 R2 server runs faster. Watching the clock it actually >> tickets about 3 real seconds to 5 seconds on the clock in the console. >> Needless to say this puts stuff out of sync pretty quick.**** >> >> **** >> >> Looked online and I found a few posts regarding some weird time services, >> but nothing Microsoft or VMware. Anyone seen this before? The 2003 Server >> runs normally. I can resync against the DC and they are out of sync by 15 >> seconds in under a minute.**** >> >> **** >> >> *Greg Sweers***** >> >> CEO**** >> >> *ACTS360.com <http://www.acts360.com/>***** >> >> *P.O. Box 1193***** >> >> *Brandon, FL 33509***** >> >> *813-657-0849 Office***** >> >> *813-758-6850 Cell***** >> >> *813-341-1270 Fax***** >> >> **** >> >> >> ** >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
