I let the ESX boxes use direct NTP and the boss DC also. Don't know whether it is "right" but i never have any time issues.
On 25 March 2010 14:39, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, there was some discussion about this a while back I believe. > > > > Time services… you can set your guest servers, your guest DC’s or your VM > hosts to all sync with NTP. > > > > Additionally, you can (under ESXi), sync the guest machines with the ESXi > host they live on. > > > > IIRC , I believe the best practice is to allow all guest servers to sync > with DC (also a guest). > > > > What I can’t find anything definitive on is if the head-honcho DC should > directly sync with an NTP server, or should it have its clock corrected by > the VMWare tools on that ESXi host, and let the ESXi server sync with an NTP > source instead? > > > > -sc > > > > > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
