[PVE-User] Old, 32bit, debian and clock drift.

[Arjen]

On Sunday, February 13th, 2022 at 21:14, Marco Gaiarin <gaio at lilliput.linux.it> wrote:

> Mandi! Arjen via pve-user
>
> In chel di` si favelave...
>
> > Possibly both the para-virtualized clock source and the ntp daemon are adjusting for drift and therefore overcompensating and making everything worse.
> >
> > Try disabling ntpd, stop and start the VM and see if that works better? It works well for my VMs, but they are not running 24/7.
>
> Ahem, the VM in question IS the NTP server for that site... but i've a
> dozens of site like that, and this seems the only one with a clock drift...

Sorry, I must have missed that. Other people also encountered your problem:
 https://v13.gr/2016/02/15/running-an-ntp-server-in-a-vm-using-kvm/
Instead of disabling ntpd, do not use the kvm-clock source on the NTP server VM.
Either way, make sure not to combine the two.