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Redhat Enterprise 5.4 Clock/Time issue when running as a VM under MS Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
We have a Hyper0V Server 2K8 R2. We created a virtual machine and loaded Redhat Enterprise 5.4. It seems like the VM will not keep proper time. We have set up a cron job that will update the clock every 15 minutes or so, but that obviously is not the solution. Does any one have any fixes for this issue?
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I'll have another suggestion that I've myself applied for some time now. Though you can synchronize using the pit clock it is also a hardware emulation clock which would lead some errors now and then. The only thing it fixes is to prevent the clock gain 50 seconds in 1 minute !! Apart from that it is not an accurate time.
My suggestion is to apply the changes to your hyper-v system and convert it to an NTP time source then use NTP and synchronize time with this system . This has another advantage that all your systems will have a synchronized clock and if you use, you'll have consistent logs all over your network.
Here's the article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042
Cheers,
K.
My suggestion is to apply the changes to your hyper-v system and convert it to an NTP time source then use NTP and synchronize time with this system . This has another advantage that all your systems will have a synchronized clock and if you use, you'll have consistent logs all over your network.
Here's the article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042
Cheers,
K.
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I am working the suggestions.
service ntpd start
not
service ntpd on
Cheers,
K.