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Demo: Precision Time Protocol

Demo: Precision Time Protocol - vSphere Tutorial

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Demo: Precision Time Protocol

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- [Rick] In this video, we'll take a look at the Precision Time Protocol that is now supported in ESXi 7. So we still have some of the timing methods that we've always had before, like manually configuring the time inside of your ESXi hosts or using the network time protocol, which is, by far, preferable versus manual. So ideally in a vSphere environment, you'll have a network time server and you'll use NTP to synchronize your systems to that. Now, in vSphere 7, we have support for Precision Time Protocol, and this is accurate in the sub-microsecond range. This is used to synchronize things like financial transactions and other systems that require extremely precise timing. And you need special equipment for Precision Time Protocol. NTP is much easier to deploy, and in most use cases, NTP is going to work just fine for us. So in the vast majority of general server-type use cases, we just want to stick with NTP.…

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