Re: [Xen-users] NTP service in DomU

[Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote:
> > well, you're right. It's not possible to have
> > independent ntp clients running in your domU's because
> > you only have one physical harware clock, right? ;)
> It seems is possible with independent_wallclock parameter in 
> /proc/sys/xen
> > And I can't really understand your argumentation about having
> > serveral domU's "around  the world"? In that case, don't you have
> > also several dom0's arrounf the world at that places?
> Imagine that environment: several VPS for client who are in differents 
> locations around the world.
> A real example is: my hosts are in Spain but I've several clients in 
> south-america; some of them want to sync their VPS with their own 
> time, not with spanish-time.
That's not an NTP issue: that's a timezone issue. You should *NOT, NOT, 
NOT* use NTP to try to manipulate your local times htis way: NTP is 
supposed to set the hardware clock, your timezone settings then adjust 
the display and handling of that for your local configuration.

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