> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:assp-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lars Troen > Sent: Friday, 18 April 2008 4:12 PM > To: Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy > Subject: Re: [Assp-user] Exchange 2007 and ASSP > > Jeroen, > Running ntpd inside a virtual machine is not problem free, atleast not > on *nix. ntpd saves stats for how much your system differs from your > referance clock(s) and tries to make smart decisions for how much your > clock is differing when adjusting the local clock. This works well for > a physical system, but in a virtual machine where timing is not equally > reliable these assumptions will be incorrect and make your clock go
FYI, the 'burst' and 'iburst' parameters to ntp can help to work around time sync issues related to 'jitter'. > even more wrong. Running ntpdate from cron is however a working > workaround. ntp in windows is also not as smart and doesn't have as > much side effects. > > Because of this it's normally better to run ntpd on the host system, > and sync the virtual machines to the host system through pit and VMware > Tools. > > Lars ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
