time in domain very unstable

Hi, i have a domain (SLES 10 SP4) running with KVM. Time is very wrong when booting unless ntp synchronizes. What can i do ? Bernd -- Bernd Lentes Systemadministration Institute for Metabolism and Cell Death (MCD) Building 25 - office 122 HelmholtzZentrum München bernd.lentes@helmholtz-muenchen.de phone: +49 89 3187 1241 phone: +49 89 3187 3827 fax: +49 89 3187 2294 http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/mcd stay healthy Helmholtz Zentrum München Helmholtz Zentrum München

On 10/6/20 7:55 AM, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
Hi,
i have a domain (SLES 10 SP4) running with KVM.
Wow, that's old! I'm surprised time keeping is your only problem :-).
Time is very wrong when booting unless ntp synchronizes.
What can i do ?
What type of <timer> are you using? Have you tried the common ones? hpet, pit, rtc? Regards, Jim

----- Am 6. Okt 2020 um 22:52 schrieb Jim Fehlig jfehlig@suse.com:
On 10/6/20 7:55 AM, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
Hi,
i have a domain (SLES 10 SP4) running with KVM.
Wow, that's old! I'm surprised time keeping is your only problem :-).
It is indeed the only problem.
Time is very wrong when booting unless ntp synchronizes.
What can i do ?
What type of <timer> are you using? Have you tried the common ones? hpet, pit, rtc?
Regards, Jim
Hi Jim, that's all i find in the config: <clock offset='utc'/> Bernd Helmholtz Zentrum München Helmholtz Zentrum München

On 10/7/20 5:52 AM, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
----- Am 6. Okt 2020 um 22:52 schrieb Jim Fehlig jfehlig@suse.com:
On 10/6/20 7:55 AM, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
Hi,
i have a domain (SLES 10 SP4) running with KVM.
Wow, that's old! I'm surprised time keeping is your only problem :-).
It is indeed the only problem.
Time is very wrong when booting unless ntp synchronizes.
What can i do ?
What type of <timer> are you using? Have you tried the common ones? hpet, pit, rtc?
Regards, Jim
Hi Jim,
that's all i find in the config:
<clock offset='utc'/>
You could add the mentioned timers and see if it helps. E.g. <clock offset='utc'> <timer name='rtc'/> <timer name='pit'/> <timer name='hpet'/> </clock> Regards, Jim
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