No, I let the PDCe go to the same time source as the ESX boxes. I got warned against using the VMWare Tools synchronisation for the guests, by people on the list I think. Can't remember the reason though - maybe something to do with hardware interrupts tickles the memory, for some reason?
On 25 March 2010 14:53, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> wrote: > And do you sync the DC to it’s host VM via VMWare tools? > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 25, 2010 10:48 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: NTP, VM's, and domains... Oh My! > > > > 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." > > > > > > > > > > -- "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/> ~
