Is the clock on the host running fast? If it's not, then it can't be "physically" running fast on the guest.
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Greg Sweers <gswe...@acts360.com> wrote: > Pinky swear?? As my two year old came home for the first time last week > and said to me when I promised him a snack…**** > > ** ** > > I will turn on the logging and let you know, I am really curious to see > what is changing that. **** > > ** ** > > Am I wrong in thinking this is 2 issues.**** > > ** ** > > **1. ** The clock physically running fast. Independent of time sync > **** > > **2. **Time sync changing from external to Local CMOS when running a > w32tm /resync /rediscover commands.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *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:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 09, 2011 12:09 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Strange Time issue**** > > ** ** > > So? Every time the source changes, something gets logged on 2008 and above. > And you can turn on logging for 2003. The change doesn’t happen by itself. > **** > > ** ** > > I promise. J**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > ** ** > > Michael B. Smith**** > > Consultant and Exchange MVP**** > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/>**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Greg Sweers [mailto:gswe...@acts360.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 09, 2011 12:04 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Strange Time issue**** > > ** ** > > Well dang..If that doesn’t beat all. Everytime I run the resync command > the stupid thing goes back to Local CMOS when I run a /query /source. So I > set it again, run the /query /source shows the time.windows.com.**** > > ** ** > > Run the update, restart services, run the resync..bam back to local cmos.* > *** > > ** ** > > Its just my week for random MS issues…**** > > ** ** > > *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:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 09, 2011 11:55 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Strange Time issue**** > > ** ** > > The definitive document. J**** > > ** ** > > > 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 <http://theessentialexchange.com/>**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [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> > 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. 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