Thanks Steve, I ran this and my time sync source set correctly. No more going back to Local CMOS for the /query /source command.
Now to just figure out why this darn clock is running to its own drumbeat... Since none of my other devices are doing this and its only these 2 virtuals on this one host. I am going to move it to a different hardware. Needs to be swapped anyway. If that doesn't do it, I will start offering up the incentives. :) This is what I ran. w32tm /config /update /manualpeerlist:pool.ntp.org,0x1 /syncfromflags:MANUAL /reliable:YES w32tm /config /update net stop w32time net start w32time w32tm /resync /rediscover 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 From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Strange Time issue Note Peers is a placeholder for a space-delimited list of peers from which your computer obtains time stamps. Each DNS name that is listed must be unique. You must append ,0x1 to the end of each DNS name. If you do not append ,0x1 to the end of each DNS name, the changes made in step 5 will not take effect. This was my issue...had to append the 0x1 On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Steve Ens <stevey...@gmail.com<mailto:stevey...@gmail.com>> wrote: Your bet Saint M, read that one three weeks back to help fix a few issues. On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com<mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote: The definitive document. :) http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2010/01/29/a-brief-history-of-time-ok-ok-let-s-go-with-quot-an-introduction-to-the-windows-time-service-quot.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com<mailto:asbz...@gmail.com>] Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 11:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Strange Time issue 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<mailto: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<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<tel:%28352%29%20244-1610> Cell (352) 215-6944<tel:%28352%29%20215-6944> MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org<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<tel:503.548.5229> // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764<tel:503.267.9764> From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org<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<http://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<tel:%28352%29%20244-1610> Cell (352) 215-6944<tel:%28352%29%20215-6944> MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com<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<mailto: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. 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