* Michael Biebl <[email protected]> [140921 14:34]:
> Am 20.09.2014 um 21:47 schrieb Christian Hofstaedtler:
> > timesyncd carries a setting of ConditionVirtualization=no, which is
> > wrong for VMware virtualization guests, as the standard way of doing
> > timesync in VMware guests is to run a timesync service in the guest
> 
> Do you have any references for that?
> 
> According to [1], the recommended method is to use the builtin mechanism
> in vmware-tools.
> 
> [1] http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/Timekeeping-In-VirtualMachines.pdf

According to VMware KB1006427 [2], the recommended method for Linux
guests is NTP.

"VMware recommends using NTP instead of VMware Tools periodic time
synchronization."

[2] 
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1006427

Best,
Christian

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