Looking for some insight on snapshots, in particular the effect on the OS time when a snapshot is removed.
My team manages a shared environment and we recently recieved concerns from one of our customers about time sync errors in the event logs of their Windows 2008 server. The server is not a DC but is running some time senstive database software.
Previously I do believe the time sync events have been recorded in event logs of other machines but because the other systems didnt have time sensitive applications running on them, the customer's havent noticed them.
Our Operations team has narrowed the time sync events down to the removal of snapshots, specifically when backups are finished and the snapshots are removed.
Can anyone confirm that this is a know issue or if it is something inherent to the snapshot procedure? Is there anythign we can do to mitigate the problem?
Oh, I forgot to mention that the these events occured on a machine that is set to sync its time with an internet source. VMware Tools is not configured for time sync with the host.
We will be opening a support call with VMware, but thought I would bounce the questions in the forums for some first hand experience.
Thanks in advance.
Peter