As title says VM time is ahead by 5 hours. I checked the host time via idrac (dell server) time is correct their. Via idrac I access the virtual console and verify xcp-ng host is using default ntp server info.
Other host at same location is esxi host and the vms on that host have the correct including the Windows Domain controller.
On the vm with incorrect time I see " Last successful time synchronization is 2/1/26 8:15:34 am( was correct 15 min ago) Time server local CMOS Clock
@olivierlambert so strange though. i have it enabled on 4 pools, that didn't propagte on hosts.
still VM boots up when not needed as explained on fist post of the thread.
i'll try différent combinations to see what's really going on