> Hi Gilad, > > On Friday 16 April 2010 11:07:08 am Gilad Benjamini wrote: > > Is there a way to override parameters from a VM’s vmx file by the > vmtoolsd > > configuration file ? Specifically, I’d like to override the time > > synchronization, and time synchronization at startup. > > You can disable periodic time synchronization by running the following > command > in the guest: > > vmware-toolbox-cmd timesync disable
I know this part. > > The rest of the options have to be changed directly in VMX file. > However it is > recommended to allow VM to sync time after reboot or resume to avoid > periods > where VM time is wrong. We use NTP for that, and it does a good job. When customers' ESX clock is way off (and we have seen this before), the tools' additional synchronization throws some applications off. > > Hope this helps, > > Dmitry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-discuss mailing list open-vm-tools-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-discuss
