NTP issues

[hotwired007]

i have a number of windows boxes that are all loosing time, to keep them sync'd i want to configure thenm to sync to an NTP server... i did install a virtual NTP server using the debian 6 OpenVZ appliance but i couldnt get anything to connect to it... i read online that there are issues running a virtual NTP server so i have now stopped going don that route...

i ahve noticed that on both of my primary proxmox hosts they already have the NTPs ervice running... is it possible to get my virtul windows PCs to sync time from the proxmox hosts? and if so how do i do it? i assume i'll have to edit the broadcast section of /etc/ntp.conf?

 

[tom]

provide details about your windows boxes, also post your VMID.conf file.

 

[hotwired007]

Server 2008 R2 Server:
PCluster2:~# vi /etc/qemu-server/101.conf
name: CMSSERVER01
ide2: SoftStor:iso/SW_DVD5_Windows_Svr_2008_R2_x64_ENG_1_ProdAct_X15-50365.ISO,media=cdrom
vlan0: e1000=5E:AB:4B:78:BF:7C
bootdisk: ide0
ostype: w2k8
ide0: PClusterStor:101/vm-101-disk-1.raw
memory: 4096
sockets: 1
onboot: 1
description: Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
cores: 2
boot: dc
freeze: 0
cpuunits: 1000
acpi: 1
kvm: 1


Server 2003 R2 x32 Server
PCluster2:~# vi /etc/qemu-server/107.conf
name: BACKUP
ide2: none,media=cdrom
vlan0: e1000=16:36:7F:5C:AA:5C
ostype: w2k3
ide0: PClusterStor:107/vm-107-disk-1.raw
memory: 2048
sockets: 1
boot: c
freeze: 0
cpuunits: 1000
acpi: 1
kvm: 1
onboot: 1
cores: 2
bootdisk: ide0

PCluster2:~# pveversion -v
pve-manager: 1.9-26 (pve-manager/1.9/6567)
running kernel: 2.6.32-6-pve
proxmox-ve-2.6.32: 1.9-50
pve-kernel-2.6.32-6-pve: 2.6.32-50
qemu-server: 1.1-32
pve-firmware: 1.0-14
libpve-storage-perl: 1.0-19
vncterm: 0.9-2
vzctl: 3.0.29-3pve1
vzdump: 1.2-16
vzprocps: 2.0.11-2
vzquota: 3.0.11-1
pve-qemu-kvm: 0.15.0-1
ksm-control-daemon: 1.0-6

 

[tom]

stop the Win 2008r2 VM and add the following line to your config file.

args: -no-hpet -no-kvm-pit-reinjection

does that help?

 

[hotwired007]

im not sure if its the Proxmox server of the fact that it syncs with my ad server on the network that is currently running on VMware... i want to replace the current vmware servers with proxmox but until i can get the new farm bult properly i just want to replace the time server that the domian controller syncs with... is it possible to use the NTP server on one of the proxmox boxes?