I'm after splitting my vCenters regionally and then using Linked Mode. For example linking Australia, Hong Kong & China for APAC etc and so on - they are all in differing time zones.
This line has me stumped though "All vCenter Server instances must have network time synchronization. The vCenter Server installer validates that the machine clocks are not more than 5 minutes apart." Page 38 in http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_dc_admin_guide.pdf
So does that mean Linked Mode is out the window.....
Please can someone advise or clarify
Hello Zippy
I think that the document means that you need the same NTP server for all vCenter. That´s my opinion.
Usually vCenter Servers are domain member.
How are they related with the different AD DC?
Andre
Timezone information is included in NTP notifications - so although the time in the different zones is different - the relative time remains consistent.
As such - no problems with Linked Mode accross locations.