George R. Kasica <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:21:33 +0000, David Woolley > <[email protected]> wrote: > >>TopCut GmbH / Ludwig ?fele wrote: >>> Hello everybody! >>> >>> I am using a debian (testing) linux on a virtual machine of VMWare (in a >>> linux host). >>> I found, that the time in the VM was awfully wrong and hoped to fix this >>> with ntp. >> >>No. Assuming VMWare, you fix the host machine with NTP, then use VMWare >>tools, with the right options, to control the time on the guest. Note >>that, even then, there will be a large amount of jitter in the software >>clock time on the guest, as time is virtualised. > > WE run over 150 VMs under unix/linux where I work and about 20 ESX > servers (its actually my day job) so I might be able to help you. > > 1) Turn off ntpd on the VM TURN OFF NTPD. You don't want it running. > But make sure the ntp.conf is valid you will need it.
While I agree, it appears that some VMware documents either encourage or at least suggest equivalence of using NTP or vmware tools. <http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=1006427> <http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vmware_timekeeping.pdf> One of the groups I work with will soon be running several linux VM hosts with ntp enabled based on these documents. -- Darren _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
