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I believe the time is determined by the ESXi time and not an atomic clock, just a hunch.
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I believe the time is determined by the ESXi time and not an atomic clock, just a hunch.

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the time on the esxi host are 2 minutes slower than the DCs. That's what I mean the Dcs are running 2 minutes faster for some reason..
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the time on the esxi host are 2 minutes slower than the DCs. That's what I mean the Dcs are running 2 minutes faster for some reason..

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run this then post<br />
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w32tm /query /configuration <br />
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w32tm /resync<br />
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w32tm /query /status<br />
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HTH
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run this then post

w32tm /query /configuration

w32tm /resync

w32tm /query /status

HTH

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VMware Tools sync with host should be disabled by default now.
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VMware Tools sync with host should be disabled by default now.

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Ok dumb question...<br />
I think someone made some changes to the time entries in the registry for my second dc. So my question is, what should the registry entries be for time on the dc that is not the NTP?<br />
I need to set this on the other DCs which are not supposed to be the NTP
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Ok dumb question...
I think someone made some changes to the time entries in the registry for my second dc. So my question is, what should the registry entries be for time on the dc that is not the NTP?
I need to set this on the other DCs which are not supposed to be the NTP

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That would be the registry entry for the w32time section
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That would be the registry entry for the w32time section

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Our 2 DCs time is set for the atomic time clock, but the 2 DCs are always running 2 minutes ahead. Our deskphone also use the atomic clock and they are right on with it. So may question is why do the Dcs run 2 minutes fast and how can I resolve this?<br />
By the way, these 2 DCs are VMS running on ESXi 5.1
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Our 2 DCs time is set for the atomic time clock, but the 2 DCs are always running 2 minutes ahead. Our deskphone also use the atomic clock and they are right on with it. So may question is why do the Dcs run 2 minutes fast and how can I resolve this?
By the way, these 2 DCs are VMS running on ESXi 5.1

NTP time on 2008 domain controllers is off by 2 minutes fast

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