Hi Christian, On Monday, May 23, 2011 06:55:20 AM Christian Glomb wrote: > Hi Dmitry, > > thanks for your reply! Any idea how to drive system time? > > An idea might be to redirect standard time sync for a certain VM to a > custom kernel module (running on the ESXI base system) being steered > from outside, i.e.: > > External control <-> Kernel module on ESXI <-> time sync (vmware tools) > inside VM > > In XEN this can be done via the hypercall functions. Are there any > related functions in VMware?
No, there is not, but if you take a look at the sources of timeSync plugin you will see how you can slow down and speed up guest time using adjtime()/adjtimex(). Or you could have guests sync up with a custom version of NTP server that you deploy somewhere on your network. Thanks, Dmitry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel
