[Samba] Problems running samba in vmware

[Adam Zimmer]

I've switched to a PCI based network card which seems to have helped. 
Have to wait and see but so far
seems much better than the on-board stuff even though its from the same 
manufacturer (Realtek).

Adam Zimmer
President
Arius Software Corporation
(519) 885-9045 x122



Douglas VanLeuven wrote:
> Adam Zimmer wrote:
>   
>> At the moment I have enabled timeSync with vmware tools.
>>
>> In the general area of time keeping on the host, I added the following
>> settings which avoided errors about the RTC missing interrupts:
>> host.usefastclock=false
>> host.cpukHz=2400000
>> host.useTSC=true
>> ptsc.useTSC=true
>>
>> I have two other machines similarly configured (with the exception of
>> running other linux applications not samba).
>>
>> Ntpdate seems to be installed as it is part of the ubuntu-server default
>> config. However, my other machines seem to run it ok. If anything they
>> fall behind a bit and the vmware sync keeps them up-to-date.
>>
>>     
>
>   
>> Ian McDonald wrote:
>>     
>>> How are your time sync options set for the VM? Is it keeping time ok?
>>> (note,AFAIR, you're not supposed to run NTP within a VM.).
>>>
>>>       
>
> True.  I refer to this document from vmware.
> http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vmware_timekeeping.pdf
>
> Generally, ntp & vmware timesync fight each other.  The usual method is
> to turn off the ntp service, figure out how to minimize interrupts,
> allow the clock to run a little slow and allow vmware timesync to bump
> up the time when it gets about 1 minute slow.
>
> There's another thread that mentions issues with on-board nics and
> drivers.  Over the years, I've bumped into that myself.  To the extent I
>  try and use host-only and route whenever possible.  That's worked
> better for me in generic usage.
>
> Regards, Doug
>