We have IM servers running on both Debian and Windows. Both are stable and
reliable. 

The problem is with VMWare. While VMWare is great for a variety of
operations, we don't find it appropriate for IM.

We depend on the exact accuracy of the logs and charts in IM for tracking
down network issues. 

Use whatever OS you like, but our recommendation is get it on its own
hardware platform. 


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:50 AM
To: InterMapper Discussion; [email protected]
Cc: Brian Megel
Subject: Re: [IM-Talk] Intermapper running Debian 3.1 under VMWare having
clocking issues

At 11:33 1/30/2007, Brian Megel wrote:
 >All:
 >
 >We are having some serious clock issues with our new Intermapper server
 >running Debian Linux 3.1 as a VMWare guest on a Windows Host. I run the
 >ntpdate function and within seconds the time is already out of sync by
 >several minutes. This seems to be why I am getting a lot on unnecessary
 >alarms.
 >
 >Does anyone know of a solution to this problem? An immediate response
 >would be greatly appreciated.

Use a separate computer.  Windows is not reliable as a stable operating
system.  FreeBSD is most stable for NTP use.

See also:
http://www.google.com/search?q=ntpdate+deprecated


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