Topic: windows

• Why NTP still runs inside virtual machines despite guest agents and paravirtual clocks

  Virtual machines get time-related help from several layers — kvm-clock, guest agents, Hyper-V integration services — but none of them substitute for an NTP or chrony client running inside the guest. This article explains what each layer actually does and why time sync stays a guest-OS responsibility.

  article · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

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