[clue] [tech] Asterisk in a virtual machine, timer, timing, & real time clock questions

[Jim Ockers]

Chris:

chris fedde wrote:
> Running ntp in a vm is frequently a problem.  The issues have to do
> with conflicts between NTP hardware assumptions and the synthetic
> nature of hardware interrupts inside the VM.   Most VM hypervisors
> have a set of daemons to run on the guest to ensure that system
> services like wall clock time are kept in synch.
>   
What kind of daemons?  Like, what are they called, and which VM 
hypervisors have them?  This was in VMware and I don't remember seeing 
any daemons like that in any version of VMware, but maybe I missed them?

Thanks,
Jim

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