replica multi-master, clock skew and /etc/ntp.conf

[maurizio.marini at cost.it (Maurizio Marini)]

On Tue July 3 2007 16:42, Eddie C wrote:
> VMWare suggests you do NOT run NTP on the guest OS, only the master. You do
> not need your own ntp server to run ntp.
>
> If you go to the VMWare site and forums there are many discussions on clock
> scew.
>
> The way VMware virtualzes the system plays total havoc on the clocks. They
> might count slow or really fast, or jump forward and backwards.
Yes, i saw :(

>
> Also your terminology is confusing 'dom0' is a XEN thing ' guest os' is a
> vmware thing. It is hard to tell which product you are using.
Sorry, i used dom0 instead of guest OS :)
your help was very apreciated and i instaled vmware-tools after reading your 
post :)
Many thnx :)
	Maurizio